The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

Moreover, the shadow clones have enough time; with the support of natural energy, they can continuously read memories until they obtain what they want.

As for whether the people from Sunagakure would catch up, the shadow clones weren't particularly concerned; if they did, they could simply move to another location.

The shadow clones from the Root were also protecting them from behind, and the shadow clones could completely control the progress of Sunagakure.

In order to take appropriate measures.

Nara Shikaku's memories were being translated continuously, while he himself remained unconscious. To prevent any accidents from happening to him, the shadow clone put him into a deep sleep.

The kind of person who will never wake up without medical help.

The scroll recording memories gradually thickened, and naturally, what I wanted this time was about to be obtained.

At dawn, a team set off directly from Sunagakure, heading straight towards the location of the shadow clones.

Such accurate direction caught Hongzhi, who was hiding in the shadows, off guard. Last night, while things were in chaos over there, Hongzhi had already turned his shadow clone into a medical ninja, while he himself had transformed into a Konoha elder.

Seeing that the team had locked onto the direction of their advance, Hiroji was somewhat surprised. However, after seeing what Granny Chiyo was holding in the distance, Hiroji roughly understood the problem.

It wasn't a problem with the details of the shadow clone technique, but rather with the Shukaku inside Gaara's body.

Having realized this, Hongzhi immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to a place far away from Sunagakure and wait.

Of course, to prevent his slacking off from being too obvious, Hongzhi buried a puppet from Iwagakure Village here.

The puppets from Iwagakure are of poor quality, especially the female ninja puppet from last night. It was only made to perform a few actions before it became completely worthless, which really disappointed Hiroji.

Time was slowly passing by. Around noon, Hiroji, who was examining the puppets of Iwagakure Village, noticed that someone had arrived.

Leading the pack was none other than Kakashi, followed by Granny Chiyo and Temari.

As for the rest, they were all unfamiliar faces, so it seems the team was divided into two groups.

The fact that the remaining members of Class 10 were not here was quite a surprise to Hongzhi.

"Elder?!"

Kakashi, who was moving at high speed, stopped abruptly when he saw Hiroji standing not far away.

He arrived here quickly, intending to ask Hongzhi why he was here, but upon seeing the Hidden Village of Iwagakure, still covered in yellow sand, he immediately shut his mouth.

"The manner of the death was very strange; this matter may not be so simple."

Hongzhi looked at Kakashi beside him, then took out a kunai with the Flying Thunder God mark and threw it to Kakashi.

Kakashi took the kunai blankly. Hiroji didn't say anything, but just took out another kunai and continued to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel forward.

Chiyo and the others, who had just stopped, watched Hiroji leave, wanting to say something, but before they could even open their mouths, they saw Hiroji use the Flying Thunder God Technique and fly away.

"This is?!"

Granny Chiyo stared at the corpse of the female ninja from Iwagakure, feeling somewhat incredulous. If the real culprit was someone from Iwagakure, why did this female ninja suffer such a tragic fate?

If it wasn't a ninja from Iwagakure, then who was it that kidnapped Gaara?

"The elders tracked the Iwagakure ninja's body down here and found it."

Kakashi spoke calmly, still holding the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand.

Since the Fourth Hokage died, he had kept that kunai hidden away. He never expected to see the Flying Thunder God Kunai again.

Moreover, it wasn't a kunai made of special metal; it was just a simple kunai inscribed with the Flying Thunder God Technique formula.

After receiving confirmation, Granny Chiyo immediately began the examination. Although her medical ninjutsu was not as good as those of the people in Konoha, she had no problem performing physical examinations.

"All her muscles were sprained, and several bones were broken. Most importantly, there were no external injuries. It was as if she voluntarily did those movements that normal people could not do."

A moment later, Granny Chiyo spoke with a strange expression, feeling somewhat horrified by the bizarre situation.

The wound was extremely bizarre, and she also discovered some cuts made with a chakra scalpel on the body of this Iwagakure ninja.

Chapter 269 Why is this guy twisting and turning like that?

Kakashi and Granny Chiyo ultimately decided to seal the body of the Iwagakure ninja away first, and then study it after they found Nara Shikamaru and Gaara.

"Their location hasn't changed, so it seems that person wants to use Gaara for something."

Looking at the display on the instrument in her hand, Granny Chiyo was relatively relaxed. The best news was that the other side was still within the Land of Wind.

If they have already left the Land of Wind, the difficulty of the pursuit will increase dramatically. After all, every small country has ninjas, and it's impossible to have a smooth journey on someone else's territory.

"Hopefully it's not too late."

Kakashi nodded, and then immediately began to travel.

Meanwhile, Hiroji had already appeared in the basement using the Flying Thunder God technique.

The shadow clone was still diligently reading the memories in Nara Shikamaru's mind, and it seemed to have reached the final stage.

As for Gaara, the chakra around him was unusually turbulent. Clearly, without the chakra injected by Granny Chiyo and Ebizo, his seal was not particularly stable.

Especially when Gaara is sleeping, it's practically a certainty that Shukaku will break free of control.

After Hiroji appeared wearing Root's clothes, the violent chakra around Gaara decreased significantly.

It seems that Shukaku remembered the person who slapped him hard back then.

Instead of answering Shukaku, Hiroji immediately began to study what Gaara's absolute defense was all about.

The Absolute Defense does not trigger when Gaara falls into a deep sleep, which means that the Absolute Defense is semi-automatic.

When Gaara is awake and has enough chakra, his Absolute Defense works automatically. However, when Gaara's chakra is insufficient or restricted, the Absolute Defense malfunctions.

Hongzhi was slowly studying it. If Kakashi and the others wanted to get here directly, it would take them at least half a day. After all, traveling by Flying Thunder God Technique is different from traveling by running.

Hongzhi should be able to figure out exactly how the absolute defense technique changes. If he could replicate it, that would be incredibly awesome.

After a period of observation, Hiroji did indeed discover something special in Gaara's chakra. It was a technique that originated from another type of chakra and would silently absorb a portion of Gaara's chakra, releasing it under specific circumstances.

This should be the core technique of absolute defense. After finding this, Hongzhi did not arrogantly think that he could understand it all at a glance.

Hongzhi took out a brand new scroll and recorded all the changes he had just seen. To be on the safe side, he even recorded all of Gaara's data related to chakra.

After recording these details, Hiroji observed Gaara again to make sure there were no mistakes. Only then did he release Gaara.

At that moment, the shadow clone withdrew its hand from Nara Shikamaru's forehead, and the huge scroll beside it was also put away by the shadow clone.

Hongzhi and the shadow clone exchanged a glance, and the shadow clone immediately dissipated. At the same time, Hongzhi also gained the shadow clone's memories, along with Nara Shikamaru's memories.

From this moment on, Hiroji will be the person in the ninja world who knows Nara Shikamaru the most, and he even knows about his embarrassing childhood.

These memories were quite complicated, but fortunately, Hongzhi did not look through them carefully. After carefully keeping the two scrolls safe, Hongzhi once again created his shadow clone.

Time passed without him realizing it. In the darkness, Nara Shikamaru felt a slight pain in his head, and his memories began to silently resurface.

The bizarre scene was still vivid in his mind. As his memories returned, Nara Shikamaru tried to move his body, and after a moment, he slowly felt his hands and feet being bound.

'I've been kidnapped!'

Upon receiving this information, Nara Shikamaru was not in a hurry, but instead pondered how to break the current stalemate.

"Why is this guy twisting and turning like that?"

Just as Nara Shikamaru was preparing to see if he could get some information, he suddenly heard this voice, which made him feel extremely embarrassed and dared not make any further moves.

"I don't know, but the boss said this guy isn't the medical ninja from Konoha. We kidnapped the wrong person."

Another unfamiliar voice rang out, and Nara Shikamaru felt as if he had heard something incredible: their original target wasn't him, but rather Senior Koji?!

"So this guy's useless now, should we peel off his face and make a mask...?"

The person who had spoken earlier spoke again, and at the same time, Nara Shikamaru felt something cold slowly moving across his face.

"That works too. We can give him a new face and sell him at a high price to nobles with unusual fetishes..."

As the conversation continued, Nara Shikamaru could no longer keep up the act and slowly opened his eyes.

However, he dared not make any move the next second, as a cold kunai was right next to his eyes.

If he had made any bigger movements, the kunai would have pierced his right eye, and he would have become a one-eyed man.

"Why aren't you a medical ninja?!"

Before Nara Shikaku could react, the kunai was taken away, replaced by a pale face that was bleeding profusely.

He also had the headband of Iwagakure on his forehead, but Nara Shikamaru didn't think it was this person who had just spoken.

The speakers were probably the two people sitting on the rocks in the distance.

Both were dressed in black, making it impossible to see their faces. However, Nara Shikamaru could sense that both of them were very strong.

Putting aside everything else, the fact that they were able to bring him out of Sunagakure so quietly speaks volumes.

It's truly astonishing that, in addition to the ninjas from Sunagakure, there were also some elite ninjas from Konoha on the other side. It's unbelievable that none of them managed to arrive here unscathed.

"He saw us. Are we going to take his eyes? But his eyes aren't some special bloodline limit, so they shouldn't be worth much."

The person who had previously tried to turn his face into a mask spoke again, his tone so casual, as if it were nothing more than a trivial matter.

However, Nara Shikamaru felt fear; being kidnapped by such a mysterious, powerful, yet evil person did not seem like a good thing.

"Let's handle it the same way as before. Sell him to the nobles of the Land of Earth. As for his face, make it into a mask. Who knows, we might even be able to visit Konoha."

The two seemed to pay no attention to Nara Shikamaru's thoughts, and were only discussing how to deal with this person who was not prey.

Nara Shikamaru broke out in a cold sweat and began to secretly survey his surroundings. Besides the two madmen, there were nine Iwagakure ninjas, but they were probably not alive anymore, or rather, they had all been controlled by the mysterious person.

As for the other person, it is Gaara, the Jinchūriki of Sunagakure.

Chapter 270 Ends Perfectly

When Nara Shikamaru saw Gaara, his expression changed noticeably. Gaara was a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast!

Moreover, I heard that he is a very unstable Jinchūriki. Back in Sunagakure, he was always specially guarded.

Furthermore, every day, Granny Chiyo and Ebizo, two advisors from Sunagakure, would inject chakra into Gaara's body to stabilize Shukaku's seal.

Now that this guy is also tied up, Nara Shikamaru is quite surprised.

If the situation was a dead end before, then there is now a sliver of hope.

The power of the Tailed Beasts is still reliable, and the tragic state of Sunagakure is the best proof of that.

Although the tailed beasts were dangerous, this was the only opportunity he could clearly see. These two madmen were very strong, and he had no chance of escaping at all.