Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 23 This road is blocked

The sky above Konoha was tinged with the color of ink, and the reception did not end until evening.

"You've worked hard today, please take a good rest."

Outside the guest rooms specifically for receiving foreign guests, Rena smiled and bowed slightly to the three Cloud Village ninjas: "I will lead you all to participate in the subsequent activities tomorrow. Before that, you will have plenty of time to relax after your journey and no one will disturb you."

After giving her some gentle instructions, Rena quietly closed the door.

Click.

Inside the guest room, two Cloud Village ninjas raised their hands to rub their cheeks, which had become stiff from smiling all day. One of them then turned to look at Yurui, who was scanning the room's furnishings with his eyes.

"Boss." He smirked at the guest room door and whispered, "Was that last sentence a threat?"

Yurui silently withdrew his gaze, did not answer his question, and walked to the spacious living room, plopping down on the sofa.

The two Cloud Village ninjas exchanged a glance and tacitly refrained from bringing up the topic again. Instead, they walked into the living room, glanced at the decor, and remarked, "As expected of Konoha, they're really rich. They even entertain foreign guests with this level of luxury."

As they said this, the two Cloud Village ninjas put their hands into their pockets, triggering a small barrier that blocked their senses. Invisible fluctuations rippled through the air, and a voice rang in the minds of Yurui and the other Cloud Village ninja.

Boss, are we being monitored or wiretapped?

"It's an honor." Yurui's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was as usual. "It seems that Konoha truly regards us as 'distinguished guests'."

The two Cloud Village ninjas immediately understood and began to chime in with some nonsensical remarks, discussing where they should go for a stroll in the next few days.

When they talked about FUNFUN Street, which is not far from Konoha, the two of them let out a slightly lewd laugh.

At the same time, Rena, who was standing outside the door with her back to it, slowly opened her closed eyes.

Despite knowing that a ninja shouldn't let emotions control them, the young woman couldn't help but frown upon hearing the vulgar language that fit the rough style of the Hidden Cloud Village.

"I sensed no chakra fluctuations, nor did I detect any unusual behavior..."

Rena quickly suppressed her displeasure, lowered her hand seals but remained vigilant.

If possible, she would prefer that the third generation elders search the three of them or set up some monitoring barriers in the room.

However, the Third Hokage firmly rejected this proposal, after all, the Hidden Cloud Village had indeed been very sincere so far, and if they found out that the Hidden Leaf Village was up to no good, it would only give them a handle to use against them.

However, Rena always had a bad feeling, but she couldn't explain why. Perhaps it was a woman's sixth sense.

Inside the room, Yurui stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the high-floor guest room, looking down at Konoha, which was still bustling and busy even in the evening, watching the crowds below move like ants on the streets.

After a moment of silence, Yurui raised his hand and quickly formed a hand seal, releasing the chakra that had been accumulating within him.

Chou-Xu-Chen-Zi-Xu-Hai-Si-Yin.

Bang!
A cloud of white smoke exploded silently, and a shadow clone appeared beside him.

"Let's do it," Yurui's true form said calmly, "for the sake of Kumogakure."

The two Cloud Village ninjas exchanged a glance. At that moment, they knew very well that regardless of the success or failure of this operation, they would not survive.

Only if all three of them die here will the threat to Konoha be significant enough.

"For the Hidden Cloud Village!"

The two Cloud Village ninjas' resolute voices overlapped as they simultaneously raised their hands and quickly formed hand seals, unleashing a torrent of chakra from within their bodies.

boom! !

As dusk fell, an explosion that shook the night sky resounded in Konoha. Windows of buildings, shop windows along the street, and streetlights shattered like rain in the sweeping shockwave! "Ah!"

"what happened!?"

Pedestrians on the surrounding streets screamed in alarm, looking in horror toward the direction from which the roar came from. They saw countless birds startled into flight, and thick black smoke billowing out from the fifth floor of the Yingbin Apartment building.

A huge hole appeared in the apartment wall, and countless bricks and fragments fell from the sky and crashed to the ground, along with three figures that flew out and fell.

boom!boom!
It fell from a height of tens of meters, smashing the ground and cracking it open, from which bright red blood flowed out.

Many villagers had already heard the loud noise and ran out of their shops and homes to check what was happening, only to witness three figures falling from a great height.

Two of the figures fell silent the moment they hit the ground, while only one figure coughed up blood, struggled to his feet, and roared, "Konoha! How dare you betray the alliance?!"

The fury in that roar seemed genuine, leaving the surrounding Konoha villagers stunned as they watched the figure flee.

Coming to their senses, someone finally recognized the two figures lying on the ground, and their expression immediately turned to terror.

"Those two people are... they are envoys from the Hidden Cloud Village!"

The moment someone uttered those words in a trembling voice, Rena, her body charred and her clothes torn, appeared instantly. Upon seeing the two corpses, her face turned pale.

How can it be? !
Someone planted explosive tags in the Cloud Village envoys' guest rooms beforehand?!
"Oh no! We must report this to the Third Generation Lord!"

Although she didn't expect it to be a staged event orchestrated by the Hidden Cloud Village, Rena instantly realized that something terrible was about to happen.

Despite his severely injured body from the explosion, he raised his hand to form a hand seal, creating a shadow clone to chase after the only surviving Cloud Village ninja, and then rushed towards the Hokage Building with all his might.

Meanwhile, the anxious Rena did not notice that a figure emerged from the thick black smoke overhead.

It was Yurui, the only one of the three Cloud Village ninja who survived.

The "Yurui" that Rena sent out as a shadow clone to chase was just another shadow clone. The other Konoha ninjas who arrived were also lured away by the shadow clone, all thinking that he wanted to escape from Konoha.

But in reality, his real goal was not to escape Konoha, but to reach the Hyuga clan's territory in the opposite direction.

"Rest in peace, you are all heroes of Kumogakure. I will soon be reunited with you."

Yurui's gaze was complicated. He glanced at the two corpses below and then used his Instantaneous Movement Technique with all his might.

He soon arrived at the forest near the Hyuga clan's territory, and the whole process went very smoothly.

But the next moment, as his figure was enveloped by the dense shadows of the trees and his vision was suddenly plunged into darkness.

A hand with distinct knuckles, holding a short knife, suddenly emerged from the deep shadows.

Almost out of sheer instinct, a product of countless battles, Yurui instinctively raised the kunai in his hand.

Clang! !

The blades clashed with a piercing sound, and Yurui could clearly hear a buzzing in his ears. His wrist, gripping the sword, made a crisp sound, and he used the force to leap back and create distance.

"who?"

His expression darkened slightly as he raised his eyes to look into the distance, where he saw a figure dressed in a black robe emerge from the shadows, a short knife in his hand reflecting the cold moonlight.

"This road is blocked." Looking at the "supporting character" who had finally appeared before him, Hinata Kumokawa's hoarse voice was calm. "Stop here."

(End of this chapter)