Naruto: A bird in a cage can't trap me Fenghou Qimen

By the same token, Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura, who are classmates, are necessary personnel.

Since Sasuke is alone, there will be basically no problem as long as he catches up.

Therefore, in order to ensure that they could be brought back in the worst case scenario where force was necessary, Rock Lee and Tenten, who were good at physical skills and ninja tools, became the most suitable candidates.

However, this configuration has a fatal flaw, which is that there are no ninjas responsible for tracking and investigation.

"Naruto can only ask Kakashi-sensei to borrow the ninja dog as a substitute..."

Shikamaru sighed helplessly.

However, this is only the best arrangement for recovering people. How to convince them to act together is still a very troublesome problem!

Without further ado, Shikamaru took immediate action and began searching for people in the village, explaining the current situation to each one.

It turned out pretty well.

Upon learning that their former comrade was about to embark on a journey of no return, the other Twelve Young Warriors were shocked, but they all expressed their willingness to participate in the operation to recover Sasuke and Hinata.

In this way, the two groups gathered at the entrance of the village, and then went their separate ways, heading towards their respective recovery targets.

(End of this chapter)

118. Chapter 118 Sasuke and Hinata's recovery operation

118.

After a tight chase, Hinata's team was caught up and the traces of the Sound Four were quickly locked onto.

The whole process takes much faster than the search for Sasuke in the original work.

The key factor causing this was Ningji, who was in charge of the search mission.

Ever since the day Orochimaru invaded Konoha, after receiving the scroll named "Wings of Freedom" from Fuuki, Neji practiced according to the instructions on the scroll without any hesitation and successfully unlocked the evil caged bird curse!

In other words, his Byakugan had returned to its original flawless state, with 360-degree all-round vision without blind spots.

Not only that, what shocked Neji, who had broken free from his restraints, was that in addition to being able to free the bird in the cage, the "Wings of Freedom" actually contained a deeper system of power!

This is obviously a power system left by Feng Qi, and it is highly compatible with the Byakugan.

In just a few weeks, his pupil power and overall strength have both been substantially improved!

Neji deeply felt Fengqi's good intentions, but he did not spread the "Wings of Freedom" among the Hyuga clan.

He is not a selfish person who seeks to monopolize power. It's just that the Hyuga clan is now in a panic. Even though the system of main and branch families has been abolished, the conflict between the main and branch families has become even deeper.

It was like a large volcano that could erupt at any time, and it was only able to maintain stability due to external pressure from other families in the village.

If the Wings of Freedom were launched at this time, the long-accumulated conflicts within the Hyuga clan would ignore everything and completely erupt from within!

Neji was very clear about this, and was thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to have a good discussion with Hinata, who was the eldest daughter of a main family.

Unexpectedly, what they received was the news that Hinata defected from Konoha!

"We must get Hinata back. We must not let Fengqi's efforts go to waste!"

Neji continued to shuttle between the tree trunks in the forest. The urgency that kept rising in his heart made him subconsciously increase his speed to the limit, little by little pulling away from Shikamaru and the others who were desperately chasing him.

In a hidden area several hundred meters in front of the team.

In order to adapt to the second form of the curse in the shortest possible time, Hinata voluntarily let the Sound Four use the Four Black Mist Formation to seal her in a special wooden barrel and put her into a state of suspended death.

"Hinata!!"

After all, Neji was still a step too slow.

By the time he arrived, the black fog that filled the surroundings had dissipated and the ninjutsu had been completed.

Anxious Neji rushed over without saying a word and tried to take back the barrel that sealed Hinata.

However, how could the Four Sound Ninjas allow him to fulfill his wish?

Kidomaru, the strongest of the four, swung his arms and threw extremely tough spider silk towards Neji.

Ningji's pupils shrank, and he took a step forward to steady his body, then used his powerful Tai Chi soft fist to break all the spider silk.

Although Kidomaru's attack without activating the second state of the curse seal could not pose any threat to Neji, it still limited his movement speed.

Behind Neji, Shikamaru and the others arrived one after another, standing on the tree trunks with vigilant eyes, staring at the four Otoninin who took Hinata away.

The two sides, who had already had grudges against each other during Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, stared at each other from a distance.

The atmosphere around him dropped to freezing point, filled with a murderous aura.

"Are these guys the Genin who participated in the Chunin Exam?" Tayuya recognized Shikamaru and the others.

"Hey! You ugly bastards! Give Hinata back to me right now!" The hot-tempered Ya started cursing.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Akamaru lay on his head, baring his teeth and barking non-stop.

Aburame Shino, who is also a member of Team 8, put her hands in her pockets and remained expressionless without saying a word.

But the restless parasite hidden under his sleeves had already revealed his inner thoughts.

Hinata is their inseparable partner and cannot be taken away by these guys with extremely dangerous minds under any circumstances.

Even if it requires using violence to forcibly bring her back to Konoha!

"Did you misunderstand something? Lady Hinata chose to follow the right path of following Lord Orochimaru with her own will."

Kidomaru looked at the Konoha ninja opposite him with disdain and said sarcastically, "As a partner, instead of giving her blessings, you want to hinder her pursuit of power?"

"That kind of power will only bring destruction, and besides, all Orochimaru wants is Hinata's eyes and body, right?" Shikamaru calmly exposed the other party's conspiracy.

From Jiraiya, he learned a little about Orochimaru's secrets and ambitions.

Therefore, Hinata must not be allowed to come into contact with such a dangerous guy under any circumstances!

"You ignorant fools, you simply cannot understand how honorable it is to be able to sacrifice your body for Orochimaru!" Sakon retorted with a longing look on his face.

Including Kaguya Kimimaro, who did not participate in the operation to bring Hinata back, all of them have an almost crazy worship of Orochimaru, believing that he is the savior who can save the world.

At this point, the conversation has been blocked.

A breeze blew through the forest. Knowing that negotiation was no longer of any use, the two groups almost simultaneously reached for their ninja bags and quickly formed hand seals, and an extremely fierce conflict broke out.

A fierce melee begins!

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At the same time, in a completely different direction from Hinata's escape route.

With the help of the ninja dog summoned by Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura's team finally caught up with Uchiha Sasuke, who was in casual clothes, near the border of the forest.

As is the norm for Naruto, Naruto started off with a lot of verbal attacks, blurting out all kinds of bonds and understandings, trying to use his own experience as a Jinchūriki to make Sasuke give up the idea of ​​defecting to Konoha.

However, Kotobuki, who can play a role in various villains, not only failed to shake Sasuke's determination to defect, but made his emotions even more crazy.

Looking at Sakura, Xiao Li and Tenten standing beside Naruto, Sasuke gritted his teeth and clenched his fists at his sides.

He once again thought of Naruto's outstanding performance in the attack on Konoha, and of his powerful master who was known as the "Three Ninjas".

He was a drag on others, but now he is standing in the bright sunshine, with all kinds of friends around him...

After being hit by Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke is now jealous of Naruto's excellence and hates his own weakness.

For this reason, he wanted to leave Konoha, abandon all ties, and find that man to gain even more powerful strength!

"Sakura, if I had known about that night, I should have left you unconscious for longer."

Sasuke did not respond to Naruto's words, but instead looked at Haruno Sakura and said expressionlessly, "If that were the case, there wouldn't be such boring troubles now."

The cold and ruthless tone of the unfamiliar voice made Haruno Sakura stand there in a daze.

The reason why she did not put all her hopes on Naruto like in the original work and hid in the village waiting for news was because she was stabbed by Hinata in advance and failed to see Sasuke's determination, so she still had a glimmer of fantasy in her heart.

He fantasized that he could persuade Sasuke to come back by relying on his importance in his heart.

It turned out that she was overthinking.

Everything is just the strongest self-hypnosis illusion - Bie Tianying's doing!

"Sasuke, you bastard!!"

Naruto couldn't bear it anymore, so he rushed towards Sasuke with his fists raised, trying to wake him up completely.

However, a dark purple light flashed, and a rock warrior wearing armor appeared out of nowhere and blocked his attack.

"This is the power of that man. With your current state, there is no way you can defeat me, Naruto."

Sasuke's skin was lit up with square black patterns, and his eyes were scarlet, making his already blood-red Sharingan even more creepy.

After a period of trial and error, he roughly figured out how to activate the monster mark on his chest.

As long as you don't deliberately suppress your hatred and desires and allow them to continue to expand, you can obtain an endless supply of chakra!

Under Sasuke's control, the rock soldier raised the sword in his hand and chopped it down heavily at Naruto.

Boom!

The powerful force created a huge cracked hole in the ground. Even though Naruto reacted quickly and took evasive action, he was still blown away by the shock wave and kept retreating.

Taking advantage of the smoke and dust raised by this, Sasuke disappeared on the spot and quickly shuttled through the trees and bushes.

"Naruto, leave this stone monster to me, you go chase Sasuke."

A bandaged arm reached out and rested on Naruto's shoulder, steadying his stumbling body.

Rock Lee gave a thumbs up confidently, showing off his shining teeth.

"Thick eyebrows, you..." Naruto was deeply moved.

"Lee is right, that guy is your partner, right?"

Tiantian also stood up, quietly opened the scroll containing various ninja tools in his hand, and encouraged with a smile, "In that case, we must bring him back!"

"You...thank you!"

Naruto knew that time was running out, so after simply thanking her, he turned to look at Haruno Sakura, who was still in a daze, and said, "Sakura, let's go!"

Haruno Sakura said "hmm" almost subconsciously, and jumped out mechanically behind Naruto.

This state meant that she was destined to be unable to fully keep up with Naruto.