Chapter 388: Leaving the Cloud Village
Hearing this, Shikamaru covered his forehead. "How is that possible? We've been together all this time. Besides, we don't know how to release a monster like the Eight-Tails."
Choji nodded happily, as if a great weight had been lifted from his mind, and then answered Karui, "We didn't do it."
This honest statement made Karui not know whether to laugh or cry. Are you a child? When you encounter a problem, you first ask the parent next to you?
Her expression was exceptionally bitter, her tone hostile. "If it wasn't you, then why did you run? Why did you leave the Cloud Village at this time!?"
At this time, Ino had to speak up. She coughed. "Not run? If we don't run, the Cloud Village will pin all the blame on us. Don't you dare say that the Cloud Village is fair and impartial, that the Fourth Raikage enforces the law impartially. I met the Fourth Raikage about a year ago, and at that time, he was leading a few subordinates to steal the secret technique of a small ninja village. The Fourth Raikage's fairness and justice are only for them, the Cloud Village."
The "them" in Ino's words sounded very harsh to Karui.
What's going on? How did it become "them"? That's "our" Cloud Village!
Without a second word, Ino grabbed Karui's wrist. "It's come to this, so there's no point in saying anything. This Eight-Tails incident has become so big, your teacher Killer B will definitely be criticized. With the Raikage at the front to take the heat, he won't be in big trouble. Omoi warned the Cloud's high-level leadership several times, and now that something has happened, he will only be rewarded. Among the three of you, the unluckiest one is you."
"You have had deep contact with us. In the eyes of some people, you are an accomplice, or at least a conspirator. We're leaving, and the one who will be unlucky, take the blame, and bear the anger of the Cloud ninjas will definitely be you, and the family behind you."
"But if you come with us? The other ninja families will still make an effort to protect your family because of this back door you provide. I don't need to explain the reasoning to you, do I? Don't be so wishy-washy, come with us. When we get to Konoha, you can live at my house. My house is quite big."
Karui: "???"
Her strength was not as good as Ino's. She was dragged for seven or eight steps, her mind a complete blank.
Shikamaru explained the pros and cons to her again, breaking it down into pieces. Finally, Choji, prompted by the two in the sensory link, said with an excited tone, "Karui, you're a good girl. Come with us!"
Karui was still making a final struggle. "I just go to Konoha like this? Konoha won't let me be a ninja anymore, but I don't know how to do anything else."
Shikamaru forcefully pushed Choji to the front. Ino also transmitted her voice to him.
Choji parroted, "If you can't be a ninja, then don't be one."
Karui rolled her eyes irritably. "Not be a ninja? If I'm not a ninja, are you going to support me?"
This time, Choji didn't need Ino or Shikamaru's help. The fatty subconsciously followed up with, "I'll support you!"
Karui's expression froze. She turned her head to the other side, not looking at him. "You should take care of yourself first, you fool."
Karui didn't have many choices now. On one side was returning to the village to be a punching bag and a scapegoat; on the other side was starting a new life in another ninja village. Love made her make the final choice.
She finally asked, "Was it really not you who controlled the Eight-Tails?"
Ino answered very seriously, "Wood Release can suppress a Tailed Beast, but it can't control it without a sound. I don't know if you know about the Fourth Hokage, but our Konoha also experienced something similar to what happened in the Cloud Village today. The suspect has actually been locked down, but these secrets can't be told to you yet. I can only say, it wasn't us."
She added in her heart, This is Kimimaro's body, Shisui's eyes. If you have a problem, go find them. It has nothing to do with me.
If it weren't for the fact that the traces of Wood Release modification on Kimimaro's corpse were too deep, she would have wanted to throw this "soil fertility"-depleted corpse on the spot to blame Orochimaru. Now… Forget it, I'll give Auntie Snake some face.
Although in Ino's words, the Cloud Village had become "them," Karui still couldn't bring herself to attack her companions from three minutes ago. Ino and the others had no intention of killing anyone either. When they encountered a living person, they would just knock them out.
After leaving the Cloud Village gate, Karui looked back at the village one last time.
Fourteen, fifteen years of her life, her youth was over. Could she ever return to the village to play cards in her lifetime? She couldn't go back!
"You kid from the Yamanaka family! Stop right there for this old man!" About five minutes after leaving the Cloud Village, the Fourth Raikage's roar came from behind!
The Fourth Raikage's speed was like the wind and lightning. The muscular man had fought for a whole night, yet at this moment, he showed no signs of fatigue.
With a trail of fire and electricity, the cone-shaped air shockwave stretched backward. The person was in front, the sound behind. The quiet night was actually producing a sonic boom effect from his running.
Choji was stunned. Is this a human?
Thinking of his current behavior, which was almost equivalent to treason, Karui was also scared silly.
Shikamaru and Kiba's faces were also not good. The opponent was so fast; they would be caught in a few seconds.
Only Ino's expression was as usual. If thousands of ninjas charged up, throwing hundreds, thousands of fire and water jutsus, she indeed couldn't hold out. But now it was just one Fourth Raikage.
She signaled for the others to rest assured, that it was no big deal.
She shouted at the distance, "Lord Raikage, stop chasing! You know in your heart that the few of us are innocent!"
"Then you stop right there for this old man!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? This matter will have a public verdict in the future. Now we must run!"
Ino sensed the Flying Thunder God marker in the distance. Seeing the Fourth Raikage getting closer and closer, she waved at him from behind. "Uncle Raikage, we're leaving. Next time you come to Konoha, I'll treat you to barbecue as an apology."
Her right hand's five fingers spread open. She used Wood Release vines to bind Shikamaru and the others. When the Fourth Raikage was still more than ten meters away from them, she located the Flying Thunder God formula in the distance, then broke through space with Shikamaru and the others and teleported over.
"Flying Thunder God?!" The Fourth Raikage was also extremely familiar with this technique. He had originally thought that he would never see this ninjutsu again after the Fourth Hokage's death. He never expected that a little brat from Konoha Village had actually mastered this ninjutsu again.
Konoha is truly full of talent.
Ino was carrying four people, so she couldn't actually fly far. But the Fourth Raikage was not a sensory-type ninja. Even if she flew just ten li, with no traces left along the way, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack; he couldn't find them.
The hot-tempered man turned back to the village to catch the other group of "mysterious people." You can't all know the Flying Thunder God, can you?
Ino had Gamakichi send a message to Konoha, requesting support. Then, within a day, she used the Flying Thunder God five times in a row. They left the Cloud Village at dusk, and by the next morning, they had crossed the border of the Land of Lightning, arrived in the Land of Vegetables, picked up Tonton, and then met Tsunade, who had come to support them, and returned to the Land of Fire together.
Ino's side ran very fast. Danzō and Hiruko were not so lucky.
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