Chapter 207: Incrimination
After obtaining all the valuable information, Sasuke finally drew his Seal-Breaker Blade and pierced the warning barrier surrounding the Scroll of Seals. As soon as he stored it, the Iwagakure guards perceived the movement and rushed towards them.
"Spore Jutsu!"
Sasuke quickly hid underground. Upon encountering the large sensor barrier surrounding the village, he no longer bothered to hide but simply broke through it and fled at full speed. However, after fleeing tens of kilometers, he discovered that the Iwa ninjas were still pursuing him.
'Could there be a hidden location marker in the Scroll of Seals?' he thought.
"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, has arrived!"
He felt a surge of scorching chakra approaching. He quickly summoned Shirotaka, mounted it, and sped away from the Land of Earth. Near the border of the Land of Waterfall, the Iwa ninjas were still pursuing him. Sasuke had Shirotaka deviate and fly northeast. In a short time, they passed through several small countries and reached the Land of Frost, finally getting away from their pursuers.
Upon landing, he opened the Scroll of Seals and aligned it with a large blank scroll.
"Water Style: Mirror Rubbing Jutsu!"
It took him quite some time to copy everything. Once finished, he used the coordinated Flying Thunder God to teleport the copied scroll to the treasure chamber of the Land of Waves. Then he retrieved several files on Iwa spies lurking in the Hidden Cloud Village and copied them onto smaller scrolls. Afterward, he slung the original Scroll of Seals over his shoulder and continued his journey to the Land of Lightning, transforming into a Kumogakure intelligence officer.
Less than an hour later, he arrived at a border outpost's shooting range and easily eliminated a chunin patrol squad. He released three shadow clones and, using the Disfigurement Technique, he and his clones assumed the appearance of the fallen squad. After waiting a while, he finally saw the Iwa pursuit team.
"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, is invading our Land of Lightning! Run!" he shouted, disguised as the captain, as he handed a copy of the spy intelligence to the Kumo jonin at the outpost.
The jonin was about to interrogate him, but discovered that the Four-Tails Jinchuriki had already arrived. Quickly, he gave the order to disperse and headed into the country with the intelligence.
Seeing a Kumo chunin fleeing at an impressive speed, Sasuke threw the Scroll of Seals at him. "This is Iwagakure's Scroll of Seals, stolen with great difficulty! Retrieve it quickly, I'll stay to cover our retreat!"
The chunin grabbed the Scroll and fled for his life. Meanwhile, Sasuke performed the Spore Jutsu and retreated underground.
The Iwagakure ninjas, led by Roshi, quickly overtook the chunin and recovered the Scroll. Hidden underground, Sasuke watched, but did not detonate the explosive tag he had hidden inside. He knew it would not be enough to seriously harm a Jinchuriki.
Finally, Roshi's team annihilated all the Kumo ninjas at the outpost. However, at a crucial moment, a jonin unleashed a summoning technique, transmitting the spy information. After inspecting the Scroll, Roshi did not leave but continued further into the Land of Lightning, evidently seeking an explanation.
Seeing his objective accomplished, Sasuke used his clone coordination technique, abandoning the Land of Lightning and returning to the secret chamber of the Land of Waves. The rewards of this expedition had been immense.
"There's no Kekkei Tota?" he wondered as he opened the book and discovered that, except for Dust Style, almost all of Iwa's advanced ninjutsu were recorded in it. The reason, probably, was that it was a Tsuchikage lineage secret, transmitted only orally.
"What a shame!" he thought. Although he did not possess fire-attribute chakra, who could predict the future? Even if he couldn't fuse the Kekkei Tota, it would be good to use it to broaden his horizons.
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