Naruto: After hiding for a long time, he became the leader of the three ninjas

In the original world line (referring to the TV version), the only time this country appeared was in the Third Ninja World War.

The Kusagakure Village was an important battlefield in the three Ninja World Wars, and Uchiha Obito died in the Kusagakure Village (actually he was missing).

There are only two ninjas from the Kusagakure Village who appear in the entire drama, one of whom is the fat man from the Hungry Ghost Path, one of Pain's Six Paths.

Another one is the descendant of the Uzumaki clan who hangs out with Sasuke—Karin.

But the protagonist we are going to talk about today is not the Grass Village, but a young man who came to the Land of Grass at this time.

This was a young man wearing purple clothes and a breastplate, with his hair tied into a small bunch like a ponytail and a beard.

This person is none other than the Four-Tails Jinchuriki from the Iwagakure Village, also known as Lao Zi.

Although he doesn't look old now, Lao Zi is indeed his real name.

Although he still wore the forehead protector with the symbol of the Iwagakure Village on his head, he was actually no longer a ninja from the Iwagakure Village.

Strictly speaking, although the Iwagakure Village has never issued a wanted warrant for him, he can now only be regarded as a rebel ninja from the Iwagakure Village.

Lao Zi's experience is somewhat similar to that of Naruto and Gaara.

He was also implanted with the Four-Tails Son Goku when he was young, becoming the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

After years of hard training, he is now able to skillfully control the Four-Tails and is a powerful ninja.

Unfortunately, as his strength grew, the conflict between him and the current Tsuchikage Ōnoki became increasingly severe.

Just a few years ago, after the end of the Second Ninja World War, he finally left the village and became a wandering monk because of his personality conflicts with the Tsuchikage.

For such a Jinchūriki, Ōnoki would certainly not announce to the public that he had become a fugitive ninja.

Since Lao Zi never showed any resentment towards the Iwagakure Village, he was allowed to leave the village and travel around the continent in the end.

At this time, he was squatting by a small river, scooping up river water with his hands and drinking it.

After a while, he finally replenished enough water and stood up again.

He raised his hand and nonchalantly wiped the water stains off his beard, then squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.

Although he was traveling in the continent, the places he actually had left to go were far less than he had imagined.

After all, he had a falling out with the Tsuchikage, so it was naturally not easy for him to stay in the Land of Earth.

However, as a powerful Jinchūriki, his information must exist in the archives of other countries.

If we rashly go deep into other countries, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

So in the past few years, he has been wandering around the borders of these small countries and other big countries.

Fortunately, due to his powerful strength, he still had a lot of bounties left from his previous missions in the Land of Earth.

And those bounties are enough to support his dream of traveling around the continent.

After identifying the direction and deciding on his next itinerary, Lao Zi finally set off again.

But before he took a few steps, he stopped again.

The reason why he stopped again was that three strangers appeared in front of him.

The three men were wearing exactly the same outfit, a black robe embroidered with red clouds.

"Xiao?"

When he saw the clothes of the three people, Lao Zi narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately revealed their identities.

As one of the victims in the Valley War, the top leaders of the Iwagakure Village naturally investigated the "Akatsuki" organization founded by Uchiha Madara.

As one of the strongest men in the Iwagakure Village, Lao Zi must have seen the results of Akatsuki's investigation.

So after seeing the distinctive outfit, he immediately recognized the other person's identity.

He looked up and carefully observed the three people's attire and appearance, and quickly revealed their identities:

"The rebel ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village, two of the original Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Biwa Juzo and Xiguashan Fuguki.

And Kakuzu, a former elite jonin of the Takigakure Village and a legendary ninja who was active in the same era as Hashirama Senju.

Ah...

I wonder what business you three have with a wandering monk like me?

You know, I have nothing to do with the Iwagakure Village now."

The three people whose identities were revealed did not show any surprise on their faces.

The one of the three took a step forward, looked at Lao Zi with his dark green eyes, and then said in a low voice:

"It has nothing to do with the Iwagakure Village. We are only looking for you."

After hearing this, Lao Zi hummed for a moment, then showed a look of understanding.

He looked at the three of them and whispered:

"So that's it, it's me you're looking for...

No, it’s the Four-Tailed One in my body, Sun Wukong.”

In all his actions over the years, Uchiha Madara has never deliberately concealed his purpose.

As long as we collect and analyze the actions of Akatsuki over the years, it is easy to infer that they are collecting the tailed beasts.

So in just a moment, Lao Zi guessed the purpose of these three people.

There was no change on the faces of the three people at his guess, but their silence was already the best answer.

Now that he understood the other party's intentions, Lao Zi knew that fighting was inevitable.

He took off the hat on his head and threw it aside gently with his hand.

The next second, Lao Zi's body suddenly turned deep red, and high-temperature lava was wrapped all over his body.

This is exactly the ability of Lao Zi's bloodline limit - the molten chakra mode.

This is to transform one's own chakra into lava and then wrap it around the entire body.

When combined with physical skills, the effect is outstanding, and anything it touches will melt.

At the same time, it can enhance defense. The Molten Armor has both lethality and defensive properties.

Although the Four-Tails Son Goku can also use Lava Release, the Lava Release that Lao Zi uses at this time is not achieved by borrowing the Four-Tails' chakra, but comes from Lao Zi's own ability.

In fact, there is another person in the entire ninja world who can use Lava Release, and that is Kagura's old acquaintance, Toshiro from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Although both are lava escape, there is a huge difference between them.

If we analyze it in detail, the proportion of earth escape is higher in Tushiro's Lamination escape, so it is more suitable for defense.

However, the proportion of fire escape in Lao Zi's Lava Release is higher, and it contains more powerful destructive power.

It can be said that the Lava Escape used by Lao Zi is like the lava erupting from a volcano, which is terrifying.

Looking at Lao Zi who suddenly turned into human-shaped lava in front of them, the three people standing opposite him felt a wave of heat coming towards them.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense and a war was about to break out.

Chapter 71 Carefully Arranged Opponents

Looking at Lao Zi who was like a man of fire in front of them, even the three people who were well prepared couldn't help but frown.

After all, if we talk purely about attack power, Lao Zi's Lava Escape can be said to be one of the best among all attributes.

You have to know that the lava on his body is not an illusion. If you just touch it closely, you will probably suffer a lot of damage.

Facing three on one, Lao Zi naturally wouldn't let his opponent be prepared.

After squatting slightly, he actually took the initiative to attack the three people in front of him.

Faced with Lao Zi's attack, the three did not dare to underestimate him at all.

The three of them immediately jumped back and dispersed, while putting their hands together and quickly starting to form seals.

In a flash, they had completed their ninjutsu.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Water Escape·Water Formation Pillar!"

Obviously, Xiao had also investigated Lao Zi before coming.

Without any communication, the three of them used water escape at the same time.

Suddenly, a huge water wall was erected in the open space between Lao Zi and the three people, accurately blocking Lao Zi's advance path.

Looking at the water wall that suddenly appeared in front of him, Lao Zi's eyes did not waver at all, but rushed straight in.

Squeak! ~~~

As Lao Zi rushed into the water curtain, the lava on his body immediately reacted with the water.

In an instant, a large amount of water vapor emerged from around him and quickly turned into a large amount of water mist that filled the air.

The next second, Lao Zi finally rushed out of the water wall and dissolved a big hole in the impenetrable water wall.

At this time, the lava on Lao Zi's body was still vigorous, and it seemed that the water wall had no effect on him.

But just as Lao Zi rushed out of the water wall, a water dragon rushed straight towards him.

The huge water dragon opened its mouth and swallowed Old Zi, who was covered in lava, in one gulp.

Faced with the attack of the water dragon, even the brave Lao Zi had to raise his hands and protect his chest to resist.

The sound of water vapor evaporating continued to be heard, and the moment the water dragon hit Lao Zi, its head had evaporated.

But even so, the long dragon's body still rushed towards Lao Zi.

For a moment, the long dragon seemed to have sunk into volcanic lava. The moment it touched Lao Zi, it immediately turned into water mist and disappeared.

After a few seconds, the huge water dragon completely turned into steam and evaporated into the air.

At this time, some changes finally appeared in Lao Zi's body.

The originally deep red magma armor had faded a lot, and the lava on his arms was almost extinguished, revealing a rocky earthy brown color.

It seems that the water dragon bullet technique did have an effect on Lao Zi. At least from the outside, Lao Zi's lava coat was also worn away a lot.