The gigantic Ghost Gate instantly rose from the ground, blocking him.
This extremely powerful arrow struck the Ghost Gate, and under the intense impact, the Ghost Gate only showed the rotational marks of the arrow, but was not pierced.
“Natsuki, you brat, you arrived just in time.
My soul almost couldn’t return.” Kato Dan’s soul returned to his body, and he panted heavily, still shaken.
“If you had died, Princess Tsunade doesn’t know how long she would have cried.”
While speaking, Natsuki sternly surveyed the surroundings, and incidentally asked Yamanaka Shio, “Shio, are your injuries serious?”
“I’m fine!
I can still use Sensory Ninjutsu!”
Yamanaka Shio flashed over.
The Ghost Gate, summoned by Natsuki to block the arrow, dispersed into Chakra.
The three stood back to back, observing the movements around them with wary expressions.
“I sensed all three enemy Ninja.”
Shio formed hand seals, focusing Chakra onto the Sensory Ninjutsu he had activated: “Two are at the six o’clock direction, and one is at the twelve o’clock direction.
They are moving away from us, they look like they are fleeing!”
“Shio, protect Dan!” Natsuki moved to pursue.
“Natsuki!”
Kato Dan called out to Natsuki, then shook his head: “Forget it, let’s wait for Tsunade and Katon to arrive as backup.
I’m worried the enemy might have a trap set.”
“No, we can’t let all of them escape.
We must catch at least one!”
Natsuki spoke very seriously, maintaining the concentration of Chakra beneath his feet: “You have only used your Spiritualization Technique a few times, and every time you use it, the enemy is killed.
Normally, only a few Konoha Ninja should know the weakness of this technique; it’s absolutely impossible for enemy country Ninja to know.
But this time, the enemy seemed to be waiting for you to use the Spiritualization Technique to seize the opportunity to kill you.”
“Natsuki…
are you implying?” Kato Dan seemed to have realized something, and his pupils contracted.
Yamanaka Shio spoke with a tone of disbelief: “There is a Rogue Ninja hidden among the Konoha Ninja!”
Natsuki said nothing more, his figure already shooting out in pursuit, flying swiftly.
Kato Dan and Yamanaka Shio remained in place, silent.
At this moment.
The thoughts of the two were identical.
If there was a Rogue Ninja hidden among the Konoha Ninja, the intelligence leaked to other countries might not just be the weakness of Kato Dan’s Spiritualization Technique.
Uzumaki Mito’s Reaper Death Seal.
The Second Hokage’s Edo Tensei.
The Forbidden Jutsu Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu…
the weaknesses of these extremely powerful Ninjutsu, unique to Konoha, might all have been leaked.
The implications were terrifying.
“Dan, Shio, are you two alright?”
Tsunade and Katon landed.
Tsunade’s gaze anxiously swept over Kato Dan several times.
On the way over to provide backup just now, she didn’t know why, but her heart was beating unusually fast.
This feeling was like a woman’s intuition.
She had a stronger premonition that her lover, Kato Dan, might have met with misfortune.
Now.
Seeing Kato Dan standing perfectly fine in front of her, Tsunade couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
It looked like the remnants left after the Chakra that formed the Ghost Gate, created by using the Ninjutsu One-Layer Rashomon, had dispersed.
Currently, only Orochimaru and Natsuki knew how to use One-Layer Rashomon, a Ninjutsu with extremely strong defensive capabilities.
And Orochimaru was currently on the battlefield at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.
“Yes.”
Speaking of what had just happened, Kato Dan was still shaken: “If Natsuki hadn’t appeared in time just now, what you would be seeing might be my corpse…”
Kato Dan hadn’t finished speaking.
His neck was immediately grabbed by Tsunade.
Tsunade’s fist landed squarely on Kato Dan’s head.
Tsunade glared at him: “Dan!
If I hear you say anything unlucky like that again, I can’t guarantee that my next punch won’t knock out your teeth!”
“I won’t say it, I won’t say it,” Kato Dan said, rubbing his head and shaking it repeatedly.
Katon and Shio, standing nearby, turned pale at the sight.
“Kato Dan was almost domestically abused again,” Katon muttered softly.
“Luckily, I don’t have a savage girlfriend like Tsunade.” Yamanaka Shio subconsciously moved farther away from Tsunade.
“What are you two whispering about?” Tsunade’s gaze swept over: “Are you jealous that Kato Dan has such a great girlfriend like me?”
“Yes…
yes!”
“We are truly so jealous…”
The two forced smiles and nodded.
“Right, where is Natsuki?”
“Natsuki went to pursue the enemy.”
Soon.
Tsunade treated the injuries of Kato Dan and Yamanaka Shio.
During this process, Tsunade and Katon fully learned about what Kato Dan and Yamanaka Shio had encountered earlier.
“In other words, the Jonin sent by the Land of Wind this time came prepared.” Katon’s expression was solemn.
These enemy Ninja already knew the weakness of Kato Dan’s technique.
Their goal was to kill Kato Dan!
“The arrow has poison from Chiyo of the Land of Wind.” Tsunade squatted down, examining the arrow that had been shot toward Kato Dan.
Chiyo of the Land of Wind!
Her use of poison was masterful!
As soon as Tsunade mentioned this name, the faces of the three men present grew solemn.
Kato Dan seriously asked: “Has Chiyo of the Land of Wind also joined the war?
Didn’t she always publicly claim she desired peace and would no longer participate in war disputes?”
“That Old woman hadn’t participated in the Ninja World War before, but ever since her son and daughter-in-law died on the battlefield, she came out of retirement.
Not only did she join the Ninja World War, but she specifically targets only our Ninja from the Land of Fire.”
Tsunade focused Chakra onto her fingertips.
Like a scalpel, she easily cut open the arrowhead, then poured experimental reagents onto it, observing the composition of the poison on the tip.
“Why does she only target our Ninja?”
Yamanaka Shio was still forming hand seals, using his Sensory Ninjutsu to closely monitor the movements of Natsuki, who was pursuing the enemy Ninja.
“It must be because of hatred…
That Old woman’s son and daughter-in-law were killed on the battlefield by our ‘konohas white fang,’ Sakumo Hatake!”
Tsunade let out a laugh.
Her voice carried a hint of regret.
“So it’s hatred towards Sakumo Hatake,” Kato Dan murmured.
“I can understand that Old woman’s feelings.”
Tsunade suddenly looked at Kato Dan: “Dan, I heard that Old woman only has two relatives left now: one is her younger brother Ebizo, and the other is her grandson, named Sasori.
If that Old woman had poisoned you to death, I’m afraid I wouldn’t let her two relatives off either!”
Suddenly, Yamanaka Shio shouted: “Natsuki is about to leave my sensory range!”
Faintly, sounds of fighting drifted over.
The group exchanged glances, and Kato Dan immediately made a decision: “Support Natsuki!”
As he spoke.
Their figures leapt into action.
“Natsuki knows a wide variety of Ninjutsu, so in a one-on-one fight, he shouldn’t lose.” Although Tsunade said this, there was still a hint of ferocity between her brows.
On the other side.
Natsuki was panting heavily.
There were several marks on his clothes where they had been slashed by a Kunai.
A large area of soil on the ground in front of him was dissipating into Chakra.
The battle was over.
The last Ninjutsu he used, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, had accurately hit the enemy, who was covered in injuries and wearing a Konoha Root mask.
That’s right.
The enemy Ninja who had previously used the extremely powerful arrow, attempting to kill Kato Dan just as he was about to use the Spiritualization Technique, was not a Ninja from the Land of Wind.
It was someone from Konoha’s Root!
“It seems that in the original plot, Kato Dan’s death truly was inseparable from Danzo.” Natsuki muttered to himself, looking at the dying Root member in front of him.
He checked the mission progress.
[Let Jiraiya’s Life Have No Regrets], the mission progress has reached 48%.
In the original plot, after Kato Dan died, Tsunade was heartbroken and despairing, developing hemophobia.
She subsequently withdrew from the battlefield, never participating in war again, and left Konoha for more than twenty years, relying on gambling to numb her inner pain.
Jiraiya watched the woman he loved sink into grief from which she could not escape, and he could do nothing.
This became a major regret in Jiraiya’s heart.
But now.
The plot has been changed by Natsuki.
Kato Dan did not die, so Tsunade would naturally live positively and would not sink into pain, thus eliminating this regret for Jiraiya.
Next.
What Natsuki needs to do is make up for Jiraiya’s remaining regrets.
The future Nine-Tails Attack!
In the original plot, on the day Naruto was born, Obito, wearing a mask, attacked Konoha late at night, causing the Nine-Tailed to go rampant.
A large number of Ninja died, including Jiraiya’s beloved student, Minato Namikaze!
After the chaos, Konoha Village was scattered, and various factions were only superficially united.
The previously retired Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi reassumed the position of Hokage.
And the death of Minato Namikaze was a major regret in Jiraiya’s heart.
In this lifetime, Natsuki has changed much of the plot, all to make up for this major regret of Jiraiya.
He wants to ensure that when the future Nine-Tails Attack occurs, the person protecting Naruto’s mother, Uzumaki Kushina, will absolutely not be Minato Namikaze alone!
At this moment.
Natsuki approached the dying Root member who had fought him.
He took off his Root mask.
Looking at the face beneath the mask, Natsuki sighed: “Uchiha Fei, it’s you.”
“Natsuki…
you are not one of my Uchiha Clan members…
why…
do you have the Sharingan!” Uchiha Fei coughed up blood continuously as he spoke.
It really helps the fic grow!