Konoha: Who's the good guy?

"Let's go over there, or the research data might be destroyed."

Yamanaka Kei curled his lip in disdain, filled with contempt for Kirigakure's pursuit of "secrecy".

Kirigakure is, after all, one of the five great ninja villages.

But there's always an inexplicable petty stinginess in his way of doing things.

Take this island of spirits, for example.

This area is nominally part of the Sea Kingdom.

However, due to its geographical location, being on the northeastern edge of the region, with only the vast ocean to the east, and the island teeming with ferocious beasts, ordinary people could not survive there. Therefore, the Sea Kingdom had long abandoned this place.

Logically, this island should be teeming with large, ferocious beasts that could serve as summoned creatures.

The Hidden Mist Village then went to great lengths to establish a research institute.

Its value is at least worthy of attention from the higher-ups of the Fog Shadow Sect.

Faced with such an important island, even considering the kinship between the daimyo of the Land of the Sea and the daimyo of the Land of the Water, it was not advisable to seize it by force.

We could form a nominal cooperation, and that should be enough to protect the island.

But how did Kirigakure do it?

Because of the remoteness of the shipping route, unless one deliberately searches for it, or, like Naruto in the original story, deliberately sails around the open sea to avoid enemy surveillance, it will be impossible to find.

They were just spreading rumors in the shadows.

They used the lie that "anyone who lands on the island will forget everything" and some low-level illusions to frighten the inhabitants of the surrounding islands from approaching the island.

Then, he strictly ordered the Hidden Mist ninjas who knew about the island not to approach it unless absolutely necessary, in order to reduce the chance of being exposed.

They also hid the research institute in a dense forest and a volcano in the center of an island.

They also assigned a squad of Jonin to be ready to destroy all evidence and run away at any time.

this......

It's really just about being "secret" for the sake of being "secret"!

Well......

Perhaps Madara Uchiha was secretly controlling everything and didn't want Kirigakure's power to grow too quickly, which is why he handled things so casually?

A thought popped into Shan Zhongjing's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Otherwise, he simply couldn't understand it.

Why are the higher-ups in Kirigakure so brain-dead that they come up with such an absurdly stupid arrangement?

"Get ready, it might feel a little uncomfortable for your first time experiencing the long-distance Flying Thunder God Technique."

Minato Namikaze frowned slightly when he heard the enemy destroying research data.

Although Konoha does not conduct specialized research on summoning beasts, the research value of such creatures is actually quite high.

Obtaining complete information would also be of great benefit to Konoha.

He placed one hand on the shoulder of the mountain scenery.

With his eyes closed, he locked onto the Flying Thunder God kunai located in the research institute, and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique based on its spatial coordinates.

sigh~

Boom!

After a fleeting sense of spatial distortion and detachment.

Minato Namikaze and Kei Yamanaka, standing in front of the research institute's gate, hadn't yet found their footing.

A powerful explosion shook the entire volcano.

"Aww~!"

A strange and piercing roar came from the beast.

An unknown force, mixed in with that sound, rapidly spread across the entire island.

The numerous creatures on the island, already roaring and raging with rage and fear, were driven into madness by this inexplicable force.

They could either flee or head straight for the volcano.

The entire island began to tremble as these creatures rioted.

"Damn it! Hurry, hurry, or you'll lose your wife!"

Yamanaka Kei had just unleashed a wide-range sensory ninjutsu.

Sensing the scene inside the research institute, he grabbed Minato and began to quickly use the Body Flicker Technique.

The interior of the research institute.

Several researchers watched with fervor as the 'Ultimate Summoning Beast' gradually awakened from the incubation tank and, with just a stretch, destroyed the wall of the research institute.

The group of Hidden Mist ninja who were preparing to destroy all the research data stopped what they were doing upon seeing this. They stood there expectantly, leisurely examining the monster in front of them.

Meanwhile, Yamanaka Kei's target for this trip, Uzumaki Honoka, was crouching in the center of a complex sealing array with her hands forming hand seals, ready to use a sealing technique to bind the 'Ultimate Summoning Beast' at any time.

"Your wife's gone? You're actually going to find me another one?"

Minato Namikaze was suddenly grabbed by the back of his collar and dragged away, his body swaying in the wind under the continuous body-flickering techniques of Yamanaka Kei.

Hearing his best friend's words, he, who had always thought it was just a joke, was completely unsettled.

no......

Didn't they come here to destroy the Hidden Mist's summoning beast research base?

Wow, wow, wow, he's really looking for a wife!

Long, flowing red hair; exquisitely sculpted features; a sexy and alluring figure; a gentle and tender personality...

Dare you say that the people of Konoha don't lie to each other?

"Waaah~! Waaah!"

The even clearer, eerie roar of the beast, like a high-frequency sound wave, vibrated in the eardrums of Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato.

Immediately following were screams, cries of alarm, and calls for help from humans!

Yamanaka Kei is carrying Minato Namikaze in one hand.

While traveling, the perception range, originally ten kilometers in diameter, was reduced to cover only the entire volcano.

Under highly concentrated perception.

Aside from the inability to perceive color, the clarity of all people and objects within the perception range instantly increased several notches.

Maintaining his high-precision, small-range sensory ninjutsu, he once again formed a hand seal with one hand.

Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Technique!

The Yin Release technique of the Yamanaka clan quickly transmitted everything he sensed to Minato Namikaze.

The deformed monster that used its tentacles to grab two researchers from their mouths; the researchers who were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and lost control of their bladders; four ninjas who used a combination of ninjutsu to attack the deformed monster; and a girl with a furrowed brow who was struggling to activate the Adamantine Sealing Technique.

The Vajra Lockdown?

A young girl?!

With high-precision perception capabilities over a small area.

Minato Namikaze could even 'see' the girl's delicate skin, slender and charming figure, long hair flying in the wind, and a beautiful face with a hint of fear.

no......

Did Yamanaka Kei not swindle anyone this time?!

Although I know that this guy is deliberately narrowing his perception range so that he can "see" more details.

Can......

Surprisingly, this guy didn't scam anyone?

no......

With such a terrible personality, how could he not have cheated people?

"Waaah!"

Another strange shout came.

In the perception of the mountain scenery.

The so-called ultimate summon beast had already devoured nearly half of the researchers.

It completely absorbed the ninjutsu attacks of the four ninjas, and even used them to grow new deformed organs, and began to counterattack with ninjutsu of the corresponding attributes!

Aside from the fact that the team leader Jonin turned into a puddle of water after being hit, thus avoiding the damage.

The remaining three unprepared ordinary ninjas were killed in a single encounter by this ultimate summoning beast!

"Help me! Someone please help me!"

A weak female voice, tinged with a sob, appeared in the minds of Kei Yamanaka and Minato Namikaze.

The emotions of despair, fear, helplessness, and anxiety were also transmitted to the two of them.

Almost the instant the sound fell.

Minato Namikaze, who was originally being held in Yamanaka Kei's hand, suddenly straightened up and broke free from his grasp.

Then, with a speed far exceeding his own, he vanished into the tunnel in the blink of an eye.

"You were definitely acting all along!"

Yamanaka Kei angrily raised his middle finger in the direction where Minato Namikaze had disappeared!

Although he knew from their several sparring sessions on the ship that Minato Namikaze was faster than him even without using the Flying Thunder God Technique, his Body Flicker Technique was still faster.

But that speed just now, was that 'some'?

凸(艹皿艹)！