[Hokage] One day to arrive

"Boom, boom——"

Two pieces of burnt wood fell to the ground, making a dull sound, and cracked into several pieces.

"Is it completely burnt to charcoal in just a moment..." Heixue looked at the scene in front of him and barely recognized the voice in his ear, but in the end he couldn't help but let a drop of cold sweat flow from his forehead.

At the same time as the two flaming swords thrown just now exploded, the chains of fire that restricted their movement and the two swords held by the opponent also exploded at the same time. This seemed to be a move of mutual destruction, but the opponent remained calm until the last moment No emotion at all...

Yuan Weiyang observed the dusty explosion through the wind, and suddenly his eyes widened in shock, and he shouted loudly at Kakashi who was also in the same panic as him on the other side: "Senior Kuroyuki! That person is still alive... no , it looks like nothing happened!"

Before the words fell, two bright fiery snakes jumped out from the explosion filled with smoke and dust, pressing towards Yuan Weiyang.

The smoke and dust gradually thinned, and Heixue vaguely saw a figure standing where they were standing before. He didn't look at all in a panic, but the sporadic falling flames just slid down the corners of his flying clothes, leaving nothing behind. the slightest trace...

At this time, Yuan Weiyang, who was dodging the sensitive fire snake like a real living thing in embarrassment, had already seen Lu Jiu's situation clearly.

"How is it possible! Such a person... such a person..." His thoughts were already chaotic and complicated, and it was even more difficult for Yuan Weiyang to understand how he had provoked such an enemy, and where did the so-called private matter come from.

but……

"Senior Heixue, you..." At this point, Yuan Weiyang bit her lip, not knowing whether she was relieved or panicked, suddenly Huafeng transferred herself to Heixue's side, pulling her to flee in the direction of Konoha , while whispering, "You go first with the information about Yunnin Village, I..."

"Shut up!" Heixue didn't expect that the junior code-named Liufeng came to say this, "I said that people who leave their companions are not as good as scum. Instead of thinking about these things, it's better to think about what to do Deal with the enemy in front of you!"

"Is it an enemy whose strength, defense, and speed are higher than the two of us?" Yuan Weiyang looked very calm at this time, not at all frightened by Heixue's suddenly strict attitude as a senior, but caring for himself He continued to say, "Although I don't know the reason...but to you, senior, you are not an inevitable enemy. And the information I brought back this time is likely to have a great impact on the battle situation, and can save more people. Many companions. The most important thing is, even if I am alone, I may not die here. As an Anbu, don’t you understand the necessary trade-offs?!”

Although what Yuan Weiyang said was like this, Heixue still keenly noticed the strange emotion in the other party's calmness, just like him back then...

For a moment, he seemed to understand why the third generation asked him to take care of this rookie.

However, this kind of situation can't be explained for a while, and now is not the time to talk nonsense, so Heixue just snorted coldly to show his disdain for this kind of statement, and didn't mean to let go of Yuan Weiyang when he didn't speak, but tried his best to Speed ​​up the foot.

It's just that Heixue's initial judgment on Lu Jiu was not wrong. The enemies they faced this time were only faster than them.But in a split second, when the two of them had no time to react, a black figure chased and passed by with a faint golden light, and stopped in front of the two of them without any help.

This time, Lu Jiu didn't talk nonsense, and raised his hand directly. At first glance, he could feel the blazing flames sweeping from the top, middle and bottom three directions.

The flames that had previously tried not to affect the surrounding environment seemed to have lost their confinement, and the giant forest trees suddenly fell down and turned into swirling ashes.

Yuan Weiyang was afraid of avoiding the extremely hot flames, and hurriedly retreated, but Lu Jiu rushed directly through the sea of ​​flames and stabbed Yuan Weiyang with a flaming sword without any scruples.The tongues of fire in the surrounding sea of ​​flames seemed to be alive, and cooperated with Lu Jiu to push Yuan Weiyang into desperation as much as possible.

"...Chidori——!!!"

At this moment, Heixue suddenly rushed out of the sea of ​​flames. Her black robe was broken and colorful, and cracks appeared on her mask. She lost the knife somewhere, but the light in the palm of her right hand was extremely dazzling. A thousand birds sing together.

His speed at this time has improved by more than one level compared to before, and he appeared behind Lu Jiu almost in the blink of an eye.

However, after Lu Jiu unhurriedly used the fire sword to leave a deep scar on Yuan Weiyang's body, his body, which was obviously hanging in the air and had nowhere to rely on it, suddenly turned round and upward, like a free-flying bird. As leisurely as a bird, he avoided Hei Xue's almost-killing move.

But after avoiding this move, Lu Jiu suddenly changed his face, followed the previous retreat and crossed the sea of ​​flames again, facing Hei Xue and Yuan Weiyang across the sea of ​​flames.

Hei Xue didn't care why Lu Jiu didn't pursue him, seeing Chidori heading towards Yuan Weiyang, she quickly moved her hand away as much as possible, and Yuan Weiyang also cooperated to hide to the other side.One move Chidori Luokong blasted a deep hole on the ground, and Hei Xue used the impact to jump towards Yuan Weiyang, picked him up and fled towards Konoha.

Yuan Weiyang couldn't help but look back at the person who was standing there looking at them, but didn't know why he didn't catch up.

Across the blazing sea of ​​flames, the air was somewhat distorted, Yuan Weiyang couldn't see anything clearly, but refused to look away.However, I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems that at the last moment when it disappeared from sight, the fiery sword that was originally red and slightly golden in the man's hand suddenly turned into a dark green blue.

However, Yuan Weiyang didn't know that this was not an illusion.

Lu Jiu indifferently watched the other masked man in black robe half-carrying Yuan Weiyang all the way away, unexpectedly standing so firmly on the branch, no longer the aggressive look towards Yuan Weiyang and the two before.

He couldn't figure it out, he clearly calculated that tonight would not be the most sinister day of the year, but why did the boy in the same black robe and mask as Yuan Weiyang use the lightning technique? At the same time, such a change has taken place?

Lu Jiu pursed her lips that had also turned bluish-white, and dismissed the fiery sword in her hand that had completely turned bluish-blue but was still dancing with flames. However, in just this breath, it was clearly still within the scope of the circle of fire. , Lu Jiu's side has been filled with a thin layer of ice, and the strange and blazing flames coexist peacefully.

The ice does not melt under the fire, and the fire is not extinguished by the spreading ice...

Lu Jiu took a step back, slowly fell from the branch, turned around and left as if his body was a little stiff, and almost stopped every step.

Expressionlessly, he tore off the thin layer of ice that gradually spread from his hands and threw it on the ground piece by piece. Lu Jiu seemed to be unable to feel the lingering lingering force from the deepest part of his body, every gap in his bones. Frozen with cold and pain, he made the next decision with a blank expression.

Lu Jiu didn't feel that killing Yuan Weiyang needed to be anxious at first, and it wasn't the headhunting missions he had done before.

If you miss it, you will miss it.

Thinking about it this way, after guessing that the funds in the bag were enough for him to use for several years, Lu Jiu still decided to settle down in a town near Muye Village first, looking for a job that would not consume too much of his daytime cultivation time.

— There is always a chance.