Naruto: Starting from Tsunade-san.

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen had taken a few steps, the voice of the Third Mizukage suddenly came from behind him.

He turned around, his eyes as if there was something else going on.

The Third Mizukage smiled and said: "There is something about Aokiji, I wonder if you want to hear it."

"whats the matter."

"I'm a bit old, I forgot..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen:...

"Haha, just kidding. Just consider this as my trump card for our next meeting..." This determined look made Sarutobi Hiruzen more and more uneasy.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen left, the Third Mizukage opened his eyes. On the surface, he was looking at Onoki, but in fact his eyes were on Uchiha Madara, disguised as a guard behind him: "Do you think he will agree?"

Onoki, who was manipulated, showed a meaningful smile: "He will definitely agree..."

Aokiji disguised himself as a kidnapper in order to take revenge on the Fire Nation Daimyo. He was so bold that he kidnapped his son, beat him up, and extorted him afterward.

If the Fire Nation daimyo knew that the person who kidnapped his son was Aokiji, he would definitely not let him go.

At this time, whether it was the pressure from external parties or the internal pressure from the Fire Nation's daimyo, Konoha could not bear it.

Under the double pressure, Sarutobi Hiruzen will definitely make a compromise, and then in order to squeeze out the last bit of Aokiji's use value, he will definitely sell him for a good price.

There is nothing more despairing in this world than being betrayed by a companion.

Of course, killing Ao Pheasant was just Uchiha Madara's purpose. He wanted to use this matter to kill Tsunade.

A person who has nothing from the beginning will not feel pain.

It is more painful to have something and then lose it than to never have something.

Aokiji, who is now active on the battlefield, has everything, but when all of it is suddenly lost one day, he will turn black and run away.

Uchiha Madara thought darkly.

But before officially executing that plan, Uchiha Madara had to make some final preparations.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is sometimes too indecisive as a decision-maker. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, he must be replaced by someone more cold-blooded.

——Danzo.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Madara murmured in his heart, he would have to ask that guy to help him, and test how his strength has grown...

——Kakuzu.

……

……

"Hokage-sama, do we really want to..."

After leaving the Castle of Iron Country, a guard following Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but speak.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was walking in front, had a solemn expression on his face and said in a deep voice without looking back: "This matter is of great importance. I must return to the village immediately to discuss how to deal with it with Danzo, Koharu, and Men Yan. It’s okay to be wrong.”

"Then if we can't come up with a plan, do we really have to hand over Qing Pheasant?"

"If it really comes to this, there is really nothing we can do about it."

To be honest, Sarutobi Hiruzen actually had no hope of selling Aokiji anymore.

He is saying this now mainly to deal with the subordinates around him. After all, no one will like the kind of person who sells out his subordinates without hesitation.

"..."

"Remember, don't reveal anything about this place."

Those who can be chosen as guards must be the most trusted subordinates, many of whom are members of the Sarutobi family, so naturally they will not talk too much.

But after all, the matter was of great importance, and Sarutobi Hiruzen still had to emphasize it.

"drink."

The guard responded immediately.

After that, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his party walked a long way, passing through the canyon. This road was the only way back to the territory of the Land of Fire.

Some people who have premeditated plans often set up ambushes here. Naturally, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his party would be a little vigilant here to avoid unexpected events.

But even so, everyone was still accidentally hit. They fell into drowsiness, their legs weakened, and they fell directly to the ground.

Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to realize something, and his pupils suddenly dilated:

"No, the snow is poisonous."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 298 Kakuzu vs. the Third Hokage

Chapter 298 Kakuzu vs. the Third Hokage

Sarutobi Hiruzen relied on his excellent strength to dodge immediately, but the guards around him were not so lucky. Some of them knelt down on the spot, and only two of the guards were brought out.

"Buzzing..."

It was a sound like the flapping of insect wings, coming from the sky. When the guard discovered the enemy, he raised his arms and waved his hands, and several kunai flew out and flew into the sky.

"in the sky!"

The black shadow passed quickly, dodging the shurikens with ease, and then fell from the sky, landing just in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others, stirring up snow mist and filling the surrounding area.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others stared at each other, and saw a human figure slowly drawn out of the mist. He was over 1.8 meters tall, and his whole body was covered so tightly that his face couldn't be seen clearly. Judging from his body shape, he was a man.

"Hokage-sama, please be careful."

A guard stood in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi, raised his arm and raised his sword, facing the enemy: "Who are you!"

"A dead man doesn't need to know so much."

The enemy is Kakuzu, who was ordered by Uchiha Madara to come and stop Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It's not that he needs to be killed, but that he needs to be seriously injured.

The attack just now used Nanao's ability to splash down the scale powder with the sleeping effect under the cover of snow.

Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his eyes and observed the enemy.

At this time, the guards around him attacked decisively.

They are not only the guards of Sarutobi Hiruzen, but also the bait to test the enemy's abilities.

The guards cooperated very well, with one main attack and one feint attack, attacking from both front and back.

Kakuzu understood that the ninjas chosen by Hiruzen Sarutobi as his bodyguards this time were all relatively good ninjas, and the best way to win a quick victory was to use surprise.

He deliberately used a flaw to let the two men insert weapons into his body.

"Successful."

The guard subconsciously showed joy, but soon felt something was wrong.

It was a little too easy to succeed, but when I reacted, it was already too late.

"Unfortunately."

Kakuzu's arms hardened, and when the two of them were numb and careless, he spread his hands, raised his palms to shovel, and stabbed into the chests of the two of them, moving forward and back, leaving blood stains.

"How can it be!"

"It's obviously been hit."

Their hearts were stabbed out, and the two of them vomited blood, each said a last word, and then belched.

Kakuzu benefits from his special body structure. Unless he attacks his heart, other parts of his body are basically unharmed.

His body can split at will, so being stabbed by a knife is nothing.

These two guards were quite strong, but they were killed immediately due to lack of intelligence.

W-what!

Not even blood was shed...

What kind of body structure is this!

Kakuzu was so special that even the well-informed Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't recognize what was going on.

As if facing a formidable enemy, he put his hands on his shoulders and collar, flicked his hands, and his clothes flew away, revealing the tights underneath, and he entered a fighting posture, with no flaw in his body.

After all, he was a shadow-level opponent. Even the arrogant Kakuzu did not dare to be careless and put away his contemptuous eyes.

As a gust of cold wind blew by, like a whistle, the two of them attacked at the same time.

Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly formed seals with his hands, and a brown earth dragon emerged from the ground. It opened its mouth, with white light in its mouth, and fired out several brown earth bullets from inside.

Earth Release·Earth Dragon Bullet

There was no time to miss, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was standing nearby, was not idle either. He straightened his body, ended with Yin seals with his hands, and sprayed a ball of flame from his mouth, which attached to the earth bomb and formed a fire bomb.

The opponent's ability is not yet obvious. Before cracking the ability, to be on the safe side, it is better to test it with long-range attacks.

What came up was a set of combined ninjutsu. Kakuzu didn't dare to neglect it. He pressed his hands on the ground and built an earth wall to block the fire bombs.

"Bang bang bang..."

The fire bombs sprayed on the surface of the earth wall and made a violent impact, which showed that the power was average.

"It's really amazing..."

Kakuzu's inhuman eyes overflowed with greed.

The Third Hokage Sowen is proficient in the five major escape techniques, and his heart is as good as five.

Opposite the earth wall, Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that his ninjutsu was blocked by the earth wall. He was neither arrogant nor impatient, and instead took advantage of the loopholes in the opponent's ninjutsu.

The earth flow wall was in front of him, blocking Kakuzu's vision. Sarutobi Hiruzen took advantage of this and made a cross seal with his hands to summon a shadow clone.The shadow clone had the idea of ​​its true body, jumped up, and quickly climbed to the top of the earth wall like a monkey, facing the opponent directly, attracting firepower.

As for his real body, he sneaked into the ground and waited for the opportunity.

Kakuzu looked up. He didn't like the other person looking at him with such a downward gaze. It would remind him of that man.

He clasped his palms together, and blue light burst out from the inside out of his body. Lightning and thunder grew and gathered into a beam of light. The lightning and thunder rushed and shot out.

Thunder escape · False darkness.

Wind escape restrains thunder escape ninjutsu,

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly took out the restrained wind release ninjutsu.

He quickly formed seals, took a deep breath of turbid air, his chest swelled like a big toad, and the huge wind-attribute chakra gathered in his mouth and abdomen was exhaled in one breath, spiraling out, flowing and intertwining.

Wind Escape·Cyclone.

The lightning beam collided with the wind tornado. After a symbolic resistance, it was defeated by the restrained wind tornado. It rushed towards the target like a broken bamboo.

Faced with the fierce wind and mist, Jiao Du couldn't avoid it. His legs were slightly bent, rooted to the ground, motionless as a mountain.

Immediately afterwards, his palms were interlocked, and his whole body was dyed black, as if attached to a thick layer of armor, and like a sword and wind blowing on his body, he was unscathed.

The snow mist rolled up by Feng Lan dissipated, outlining a dark shadow. Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his pupils slightly and became thoughtful.

Kakuzu's move just now, the move that hardened the whole body, reminded her of her disciple's ninjutsu - Earth Release and Earth Spear.

Through the test just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen has mastered the two escape techniques that Kakuzu is good at, earth escape and thunder escape.

Generally, jounin will learn two or more escape techniques.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to continue testing and test the bottom line, the shadow clone did not receive much chakra and could no longer perform ninjutsu continuously. He immediately changed his mind and planned to use taijutsu to compete against it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen leapt into the snow, swinging his hands back, stretching out his body and galloping along like the wind.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's behavior played into Kakuzu's plan, and the thing he was least afraid of was hand-to-hand combat.

He rushed out with a lunge, and when the two sides came into contact at a certain distance, he kicked off the ground with his right foot and performed a roundhouse kick in mid-air.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was startled, and he ducked down to avoid the leg whip coming from across the street.

When the corners are on the ground, turn around and swing your legs.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped back.

Kakuzu takes advantage of the victory and pursues it, swinging his arms and fists.

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his arms to block.