60: My painting style is above yours

In the early morning, the sky was just bright.

　　"Still haven't found it yet?"

　　"Sorry, Teacher Jiraiya, I didn't find it here."

　　Minato, who followed Jiraiya in the southern valley of the River Country, just shook his head slightly in the face of Jiraiya's question.

　　"Damn, I didn't expect a mission to turn out like this."

　　Jiraiya punched the tree next to him with his fist and gritted his teeth bitterly.

　　He is not worried about Sakumo, because the mission information on Sakumo's side has not been tampered with, and the problem is the other three, they have completely fallen into the root's trap.

　　Since I don't know how the roots will act, Jirai also doesn't know how the people of the roots are going to deal with Sakumo's three subordinates.

　　In any case, it was because of their own momentary mistakes that the three of them fell into this situation.

　　But who would have thought that in the Anbu directly belonging to Hokage, there would be spies planted by the root?

　　Jiraiya really wanted to use this opportunity to thoroughly check the roots.

　　Even in Hokage's direct subordinate Anbu they dare to do something. This is no ordinary trivial matter.

　　Anbu is responsible for classified tasks, as well as the safety of Hokage, and there must be no accidents.

　　But thinking about the temperament of his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is very fond of his old love, I am afraid that at most it is just a verbal warning.

　　"Please don't do this, Teacher Jiraiya, maybe the three of them have their own good looks. All we can do is to find them as soon as possible, whether it is life or death."

　　Minato comforting Jiraiya also said.

　　"I know, I'm just complaining. Next, only the bottom of the cliff in front of me is left unsearched. I've been there with Tsunade and Orochimaru once before, and the terrain there is a bit complicated. Minato, be careful not to get too far from me. Far."

　　"Yes."

　 Minato nodded.

　　Although he believes in his own strength, he still has a lot of immaturity compared to the level of Jiraiya's Jōnin.

　　"I hope the three of them are okay, otherwise Uchiha's side..."

　　Jiraiya is not ignorant of the situation in Konoha. Today's Uchiha is the No. 1 wealthy family in Konoha. Joinin, who has three gouyu jade writing wheel eyes in the clan, knows how to do it. One is very troublesome. If they are united, That is definitely a powerful force that can easily suppress all the ninjas outside the Senju clan.

　　Compared with the conservative and gentle Hyuga, Uchiha is mostly a group of unruly guys.

　　If you piss them off, you can do anything.

　　Thinking of this, Jiraiya began to scold Danzo inside and out again in his heart.

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　　It was already early morning, but the fog shrouded in the deep valley was so thick that the sunlight could not penetrate below, and the bubbles spread out in the fog, with only a little halo scattered.

　　In the dark cave, only a fire burned, dispelling the surrounding darkness and cold.

　　On the stable ground in the cave, Ruri closed her eyes at the moment, her palms tightly clutching her chest, her face was very painful, she was panting hard, and her breath was very weak, as if her life was in danger at any time.

　　On her body, there is an extremely violent aura of power that has not been completely dissipated, that is the power called 'sage art'.

　　"How?"

　　Ayane asked worriedly.

　　This is the first time she has seen Ruri's weak appearance.

　　Her face was as pale as the color of a corpse, and she was panting in pain and hardship, making it impossible to doubt that she might die at any time.

　　But thinking of the destructive power of the previous fire escape technique, it is natural to have such sequelae.

　　Although the power of the fire escape technique cannot be compared with the power of the tailed beasts seen before, it is by no means an invincible force that regular ninjas can resist.

　　Sorcery? Ayane sighed inwardly.

　　In my heart, I couldn't help but admire Ruri's boldness, and I also felt ashamed.

　　In that case, the difficulty of being able to fuse natural energy and chakra can be imagined.

　　But Ruri has achieved this, although it is very reluctant, but the use of sage art is also an unquestionable fact.

　　"It's tricky, I need surgery right away. Help me hold her down."

　　Shiraishi took out a scroll in the ninja bag, unlocked the above technique, and a medical bag appeared on the ground, which contained a full range of medicines and surgical tools.

　　Even with his superb medical ninjutsu, there is actually a certain risk, but in this situation, the more time is delayed, the more likely it is to neglect the best time for surgery.

　　Therefore, he can only take the risk to use surgery.

　　"I know."

　　Ayane walked over to Ruri and knelt down, pressing down on Ruri's body with both hands.

　　Shiraishi took a deep breath, and then, under Ayane's surprised gaze, rolled up Ruri's clothes, revealing her snow-white abdomen, and rolled up to her chest before stopping.

　　Ayane blushed suddenly.

　　"Don't be distracted, just hold her down."

　　Shiraishi's calm voice came.

　　"Oh."

　　Ayane lowered her head, and her face turned even redder.

　　Shiraishi ignored Ayane's rambling thoughts and put his palm on Ruri's exposed abdomen.

　　Shiraishi closed his eyes, felt a little bit, opened his eyes, and his face became more and more solemn.

　　The chakra and natural energy in her body are very chaotic, especially the natural energy, which was originally a gentle and stable state, but because of the sudden fusion of chakra, the power of immortality ran rampant in the glass.

　　To get Ruri out of a dangerous state, you can only extract natural energy from Ruri's body.

　　The problem, however, is that now that natural energy and chakra are mixed together, the work of separation becomes dangerous.

　　Because of the power of immortality, although Shiraishi conceived the final form, he has not practiced it, it is just an imaginary setting.

　　If it was just a matter of natural energy, Shiraishi could easily solve it.

　　Thinking of this, a cold sweat unnaturally flowed out of Shiraishi's face.

　　This is the only surgery that has not been able to determine the success rate since his debut.

　　I hope that his previous experimental data and the final form of Sage Art are not too different.

　　Then again, the safest operation should be to extract the chakra from the glass body along with the natural energy. It is also the easiest and most effective operation to avoid danger.

　　The question is whether Shiraishi's chakra separation will actually cause the human body to die, or it is still a hypothetical stage.

　　It would be a bit embarrassing if the chakra in Ruri's body was extracted along with the natural energy, and even if the chakra was returned in the end, Ruri could not wake up.

　　If this assumption can be established, Ruri's current problem is very easy to solve.

　　The fundamental reason why Ruri fell into this state was because of the fusion of natural energy and chakra in the body, causing the immortal art to run wild.

　　As long as the natural energy and chakra are completely removed, Ruri can naturally be freed from this danger.

　　But the assumption is after all, the operation to let Chakra out of the body is too risky, and the success rate is the lowest.

　　Therefore, Shiraishi can only separate the magic into natural energy and chakra first, and then extract the natural energy from the glass body.

　　To separate the natural energy from the vitreous body, you only need to use the technique of careful extraction.

　　This kind of high-level medical ninjutsu can extract the unfavorable factors in the human body, even avoiding surgery.

　　So, Shiraishi just needs to figure out how to decompose the immortal chakra into natural energy and chakra.

　　Shiraishi took a syringe out of the medical kit.

　　Inject the medicine inside into the vitreous body.

　　After injecting the medicine, Ruri's complexion was much better, and her breathing was still a little weak, but compared to the previous appearance, it was much better.

　　Seeing this, Shiraishi started the operation.

　　During the operation, Ruri struggled violently several times, but Ayane held down all of them.

　　In this way, Shiraishi only needs to focus on the operation of the separation magic.

　　Painful grunts continued to come from Ruri's mouth, and even with anesthesia, it was still such an unbearable pain.

　　Time passed by like this, and Ruri's situation improved a lot.

　　His face finally recovered a little blush, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

　　Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he did not completely separate the immortal chakra, most of it had been decomposed. Next, he only needed to extract the natural energy from her body.

　　When you get back to the camp, with all the equipment, you can completely clear the danger.

　　The dark green light began to linger on Shiraishi's palm, and he used the technique of delicate extraction to extract the natural energy in the glass body.

　　At this moment, there seemed to be the sound of people moving around outside the cave, causing Shiraishi and Ayane's expressions to change slightly.

　　Ayane quickly opened her eyes with the only chakra left in her body and glanced at the situation outside.

　　"Who is it? Sand Shinobu?"

　　"No. It's the root ninja."

　　Ayane's face was gritted.

　　If it weren't for the ninja at the root, the three of them wouldn't be so miserable at all, falling into such a life-and-death situation.

　　"Are you going to be the last oriole?"

　　Shiraishi murmured, a cold look flashed in his eyes.

　　Sand Ninja's pursuit force was almost solved by the three of them, but they didn't expect that the ninjas at the root would always follow.

　　"Being able to avoid your blinding eyes before, they know very well that the observation distance of your blinding eyes is five kilometers. They know a lot of information on our side."

　　"All?"

　　"I don't have it here, otherwise Hokage's direct subordinate Anbu would have come to contact me long ago."

　　Shiraishi calmly analyzed.

　　According to Ruri's initial information, although the root is also a branch of Anbu, the leader is not Hokage himself, but another senior elder of Konoha, Shimura Danzo.

　　What the other party's purpose was, Shiraishi still couldn't tell.

　　Whether it was to eradicate the group's leader Hatake Sakumo, or to target the three of them, Shiraishi is also unknown.

　　"What should we do now?"

　　Ayane didn't know what to do. She had very little chakra left, and she had not yet practiced natural energy, so she couldn't provide much combat power.

　　"We'll meet them when we go out. Ruri is out of danger, so it doesn't matter if he interrupts the operation."

　　Shiraishi finished the medical ninjutsu and put Ruri here.

　　Ayane nodded and walked out of the cave with Shiraishi.

　　As expected, there were four figures standing outside. It was the root team that had been in contact with the three of Shiraishi at the beginning.

　　They wear masks of cold, uncomfortable colors, and their indifferent eyes are as ruthless as machines.

　　They stood in a row and didn't move, just staring at Shiraishi indifferently.

　　Just as one of them waved his hand and was about to attack, Shiraishi moved one step ahead.

　　He was not attacking the root ninja, but Ayane.

　　Pressing Ayane face to the ground, she twisted her hands behind her back.

　　"Shiraishi-kun!?"

　　Ayane was startled, she was exhausted and couldn't react at all, so she was pinned down by Shiraishi.

　　Shiraishi said in a helpless tone: "Can't you see the situation clearly now? I didn't expect you to be such a stupid woman. I don't want to die with you, I want to live well."

　　After he finished speaking, he looked up at the four people at the root, and said to the captain among them: "I am a medical ninja, the least threat to you, and the most useful. I am willing to join you, whether it is to control me with spells. Well, poison control, I don't want to die. How about giving me a chance?"

　　That captain was really thinking.

　　Indeed, as Shiraishi said, his threat is the lowest, and their roots are now in desperate need of medical ninjas to conduct forbidden human experiments.

　　As for whether or not Shiraishi will betray, there is no need to think about it at all. Once they enter their roots, freedom or something will be involuntarily.

　　"I appreciate your self-knowledge, so I'll give you a chance."

　　Captain Ninja threw a kunai and stuck it at Shiraishi's feet.

　　"Kill the woman under you."

　　"Okay."

　　Shiraishi didn't hesitate, although there was a fleeting struggle on his face, but it was quickly replaced by the hideous.

　　Picking up Kunai, he aimed at Ayane's neck and started stabbing it.

　　However, a shuriken flew over and knocked out the Kunai in Shiraishi's hand.

　　Shiraishi looked at the four people at the root suspiciously, and it was one of them who interrupted his attack.

　　"Your determination is good, but it's not good to just kill the ninjas in your own village."

　　The captain ninja spoke hypocritically.

　　After all, it is the blood-successive boundary that has inherited the white eyes. Even if it is from the branch, the living body is more useful than the dead body.

　　And there is not much chakra left in the opponent's body, which is not a concern at all.

　　"Understood. I don't want to carry the notoriety of killing my comrades."

　　Captain Ninja was very satisfied with Shiraishi's sense of time.

　　I firmly believe that Shiraishi will make a good root medical ninja.

　　With this belief, it is easier to live longer.

　　The two root ninjas walked towards Shiraishi.

　　Shiraishi stood aside consciously and raised his hands empty, showing a very cooperative and submissive attitude, without any threat.

　　"I didn't expect you to be such a person, thanks to me and Ruri trusting you so much."

　　A root ninja took out a rope and tied Ayane's hands behind her back, and Ayane glared at Shiraishi with resentment.

　　"Compared to living, this kind of thing doesn't matter at all. This era is too bad. I'm not like you from a wealthy family. Everything can only be obtained by my own efforts."

　　Shiraishi didn't want to argue.

　　Another root ninja also came behind Shiraishi, and also took out the rope and moved towards the gloves that Shiraishi raised.

　　puff!

　　The root ninja, who was about to tie Shiraishi's hands behind his back, didn't notice anything. He only heard the sound of a blade cutting his body. The older he saw, the darker his vision became.

　　At the last moment of consciousness, he seemed to see a headless body and hands holding ropes.

　　Is that my body and hands?

　　Delusion?

　　He fell into this thought, and his consciousness stopped here.

　　"Wha--"

　　It was also too late to react, and the blade that was taken out of nowhere pierced through the root ninja standing beside Ayane, mercilessly piercing his heart.

　　Pulled the blade out of the root ninja's body, stained with blood red.

　　At this time, the rope that bound Ayane's hands was also cut, and she regained her freedom.

　　Shiraishi held the blood-stained ninja and smiled gently at the only two root ninjas left:

　　"How is it, my swordsmanship is good? Although it can't compare to Sakumo-sensei's swordsmanship, it can still surprise all of you."

　　"You brat!"

　　impossible!

　　His chakra should be almost exhausted!

　　And... how did a medical ninja get so fast?

　　Isn't he a medical ninja?

　　Not everyone can reach such a level, even in Jōnin.

　　Is this guy the most troublesome of the three? One can imagine the shock of Captain Ninja's heart.

　　But after the shock, he fell into anger.

　　The smile on Shiraishi's face remained the same, and no other emotional changes could be seen.

　　"It's an accident, I actually saw anger in your eyes. I heard that your roots are just machines to complete tasks... Do machines also have feelings? But please don't show this kind of look, because my anger is far above you now."