This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Since he became famous on the battlefield of Wind Country, the leaders of all the major ninja villages have all understood how Hatake Sakumo relies on to dominate the ninja world.

That is - the ultimate earth escape technique and the superb swordsmanship.

Under such circumstances, Hatake Sakumo would certainly not be naive enough to think that the appearance of this sealing technique against earth escape would be a coincidence.

"what is going on?"

"Did they guess that the village would send me to pursue them, or..."

“There’s a mole in the village!!!”

In an instant, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Sakumo's mind.

The appearance of this sealing technique completely confused Shuomao.

But what happened next interrupted his thoughts directly.

"Swish swish!!! !"

I saw more than a dozen ninjas wearing Mist Ninja forehead protectors appearing around Hatake Sakumo, forming a horn-like formation to surround Hatake Sakumo in the middle.

From the enemy's formation and momentum, Hatake Sakumo immediately judged that these enemies in front of him were definitely not third-rate characters!

Sakuma's eyes grew colder. He did not act in a hurry, but first approached "Hai", who was tied up with chains and unconscious on the ground, and took the mission target into his own hands.

At the same time, the Mist Ninjas' encirclement was completed.

"Hatake Sakumo, I've been waiting for you."

The leading Mist Ninja spoke coldly and directly revealed Hatake Sakumo's identity.

The tone of the Mist Ninja further confirmed Sakumo's guess - it turned out that they had been prepared for this and knew that he would come.

At the same time, this also made Shuomao's heart sink again.

The enemy dared to do this, which meant that he had already figured him out in his heart, so he revealed such "insignificant" information directly to him.

Faced with the situation taking a sudden turn for the worse, Hatake Sakumo felt a sense of awe in his heart, but he was not panicked.

As a powerful Kage-level ninja, if such a scene could make him lose his composure, he would probably not be alive today.

After all, Shuomao had experienced situations more dangerous than today's before.

Although there are many enemies, Hatake Sakumo has absolute confidence in himself.

"How did you know it was me who was chasing you?"

Shuomao asked calmly, his sharp eyes filled with coldness.

The Mist Ninja didn't seem to want to answer Sakumo's question. Instead, he spoke coldly to Hatake Sakumo.

"Hatake-kun, it seems you don't know what you are holding in your hand."

Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo's brows furrowed and knitted together tightly.

He didn't understand what the other party meant, so he just continued to coldly examine the Mist Ninja opposite him, guarding against the other party's strategy to attack his mind.

"laugh!"

Unexpectedly, facing Hatake Sakumo's vigilance, the Mist Ninja just sneered.

Because the Mist Ninja was wearing a mask, Sakumo could not see the Mist Ninja's face clearly, but he could still clearly see the mockery in the Mist Ninja's eyes.

Come to think of it, as the head of Konoha's Anbu, the famous Kage-level strongman "Konoha White Fang" in the ninja world.

The people of the hostile ninja village actually knew less about their own village's mission than they did.

I have to say, this is indeed ironic.

“How pitiful!”

"In that case, I will mercifully tell you."

The Mist Ninja first let out a faint sigh, then continued to speak to Sakumo in a pretentious manner.

"listen."

"What you hold in your hands is a 'tool' carefully crafted by Konoha's top brass."

"The cells of the First Hokage were fused together, awakening the legendary blood-stained "experiment."

The Mist Ninja announced the answer loudly to Hatake Sakumo without hesitation.

When he heard the words of the Mist Ninja, Hatake Sakumo felt as if a thunder had exploded in his mind.

At this moment, all the doubts in Shuomao's mind disappeared instantly.

No wonder the "Hai" in the root is called a "test product".

No wonder the Third Hokage was vague about the existence of "亥".

No wonder Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned him to handle this task.

There is only one reason for everything——Wood Release!!!

This sudden information disturbed Shuomao's originally calm heart, and his face looked a little pale at this moment.

Hatake Sakumo was born in the last years of the war in the ninja world and grew up in the era of the first and second generations.

Hatake Sakumo has a very deep understanding of the power of the First Generation and Wood Release.

Similarly, he also understood the importance of Wood Release to Konoha and the Land of Fire.

For Konoha, it is absolutely intolerable that the first generation of cells and Wood Release (Qian Zhaohao) were obtained by ninjas from other countries.

Even if what the other party gets is just a "test product".

In an instant, Hatake Sakumo instantly figured out the key points.

No matter what, he must ensure the safety of "Hai"!!!

"Hahahaha!!! Long!"

At this moment, the Mist Ninja on the opposite side of Sakumo let out a deafening laugh.

The laughter sounded extremely strange, not only with a bit of mockery, but also with a bit of sadness and numbness.

"So you understand."

"We must obtain Wood Release, and you must die!!!"

"Go, kill him for me!!!"

Soon, the tone of the Mist Ninja suddenly turned cold, and the cold malice was undisguisedly vented towards Hatake Sakumo.

Following his order, the Mist Ninjas also launched an attack directly on Hatake Sakumo.

Hatake Sakumo did not sit still and wait for death. He held the still unconscious "Hai" in his arms, gripped the short sword tightly in his hand and began to fight the enemy.

Chapter 573: The Deep Blue Kunai Stabbed into His Back

A fierce battle suddenly broke out, just as Hatake Sakumo had imagined.

The team of ninjas in front of him was no ordinary person. Their combat skills, ninjutsu and coordination were definitely not ordinary.

Even a powerful Kage-level warrior like him found it extremely difficult to deal with this group of people.

Not to mention that he was currently carrying a burden in his hand, and his earth escape technique, which he was good at, was affected by the opponent's sealing technique.

Overall, the situation is undoubtedly extremely dire for Sakumo.

Originally, Shuomao had already made plans in his heart.

If he really encounters an irreversible crisis, he may choose to give up the mission.

After all, this mission was full of mysteries and contained a large number of intelligence errors, and it was not his turn to take the blame if the mission failed.

As a powerful Kage-level ninja, even if his earth escape technique was affected, it would not be difficult for Sakumo to break out of the siege with his own strength.

The exposure of "Hai"'s identity made it impossible for Hatake Sakumo to give up "Hai" directly.

"Hai" is too important to Konoha!

It is so important that no Konoha ninja can stand by and watch "Hai" fall into the hands of the enemy!

So no matter what, the mission must be successful!

This is the responsibility of Hatake Shumo as a Konoha ninja!

He could only grit his teeth and go on.

As the battle progressed, Hatake Sakumo's situation became increasingly difficult.

He keenly noticed that the group of ninjas in front of him seemed to be extremely familiar with his swordsmanship.

Hatake Sakumo's swordsmanship, which had enabled him to defeat countless enemies in the past, was like cutting cotton when it hit this group of Mist Ninja Body 873. Every time at the critical moment, his opponent would dodge it at an incredible angle.

It seemed as if they had known from the beginning that Sakumo would attack like this.

The situation fell into a stalemate for a while.

But Sakumo knew very well in his heart that if he continued like this, he would sooner or later be exposed by the enemy's siege.

"boom!!!!"

But at this moment, accompanied by a clear explosion, a stumbling figure broke through the enemy's encirclement and came to the side of Hatake Shumo.

This person's arrival not only broke the deadlock on the field, but also bought Hatake Sakumo some breathing time.

Hatake Sakumo looked towards the person who came and saw a familiar mask.

The person who came was a member of the Root Team who was sent by him to make a feint attack and distract the opponent.

"Sir, the feint attack ahead did not go well."

"I judged that you might be in danger, so I came to help you."

The members of Team Root reported to Sakumo in a low voice, still numb.

It can be seen that it was not easy for this member of the Root Team to break through the enemy's blockade.

At this moment, not only was his body covered in wounds, but even his mask was broken, revealing a patch of slightly pale skin underneath the mask.

I think this is because I wear a mask for a long time and my face is not exposed to sunlight.

Sakumo didn't ask the other party why he came alone.

Hatake Sakumo looked at the members of the Root team in front of him with complicated eyes, and a strange emotion appeared in his heart.

The situation was critical at the moment, so he didn't bother to greet the other party. He just nodded to the members of the Root Team.

Afterwards, Sakumo immediately turned his back, leaving his back to his teammates who came to support him, and formed a back-to-back posture with the members of the Root team who came to support him.

Hatake Sakumo himself was ready to face the enemy in front of him.

Seeing that Hatake Sakumo had a "helper" by his side, the hostile Mist Ninjas had no intention of taking action in a hurry, but just stared at Hatake Sakumo coldly.

For a moment, an invisible pressure filled the air.

Behind Sakumo, the members of the Root team with broken masks looked at Hatake Sakumo's back, and there was a hint of complexity and strangeness in their numb eyes.

At this moment, even though he had long been accustomed to keeping himself in darkness, he felt a little hesitant.

This hesitation was only for a moment, and soon coldness and numbness filled his eyes again.

Because this is the fate of the ninja, he is powerless to resist

He slowly raised his right hand, holding a blue kunai.

Obviously, this kunai has already been coated with a deadly poison that kills instantly.

"bass!!!"

I saw a flash of cold light.

He actually stabbed Hatake Sakumo with the kunai in his hand, who had his back to him!!!

“Dang!!!!”

The crisp sound of metal clashing was accompanied by a flash of dazzling sparks.

The expressions of the Root team members behind their masks became slightly distorted.

At that moment, Hatake Sakumo seemed to have eyes on his back, wielding his short knife at an extremely strange angle to block the determined backstab!

"Wow!!"

"call out!!!"