Escape From Konoha Chapter 547

  Chapter 547 Immortal Talisman and Proposal

   "Hurry up, don't be lazy! This month's share must end before the end of this month!"

  In a large building similar to a workshop in Mt. Myogi, a large number of toads came in and out, giving Shiraishi a look of being busy with something.

  Besides, from the toads coming in and out, Baishi saw that they were sweating profusely, and many of the toads showed tired faces, which made Baishi realize that the busy things of these toads were not simple.

  This is also the reason why Shiraishi did not immediately withdraw from Mt. Miaogi when he investigated the general terrain of Mt. Miaomu.

  Under his hard work, he has almost recorded the terrain of Mount Miaomu, as well as the deployment of troops, etc., in his mind in detail. He only waits for him to go back, and immediately convenes a high-level meeting to discuss strategies.

  But in order to further understand the situation of Mt. Miaomu, after completing these tasks, Shiraishi decided to stay temporarily to see if there is any place in Mt. Miaomu that he missed.

  This workshop is one of them.

   It gave Shiraishi a feeling of not being simple.

  What are these toads going in and out doing inside?

   Seeing them busy, coupled with the strange fluctuations coming from the workshop, made Shiraishi even more curious.

  However, just to be on the safe side, Baishi did not sneak in immediately to see what happened, but waited patiently outside, and when the toads began to rest and relax their vigilance, he was ready to go in to see what happened, so as not to be noticed by the group of toads.

  Time passed little by little, from afternoon to evening, and then into night, this group of toads still happily worked in the workshop.

   Their enthusiasm for work, in Shiraishi's view, is more competent than many humans.

   While waiting like this, it wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that the toads in the workshop stopped their work and began to leave in twos and threes, returning to their residence.

  Finally, several human-sized toad workshops patrolled around the workshop, and closed the workshop door by the way.

  Although their patrolling attitude looks serious, Shiraishi can still see some tiredness from their expressions.

  Thinking about it, the work in the workshop has drained their energy, and this is the core area of ​​Mt. Miaomu. Most people don't say they want to sneak in. They are likely to be caught by the big toad the moment they enter Mt. Miaomu.

  If it has ulterior motives, it might be swallowed by the giant rock toad directly and become a nutrient in its body.

  Baishi didn't pay attention to the laziness on the faces of these toads, and started to act on his own.

  After surveying the terrain of Mt. Miaomu all day, even he felt a little tired.

   After finishing the work here, temporarily find a place to rest for the night, and continue to observe tomorrow.

  For example, he is still very curious about the fairy art of Mount Miaomu.

  Jiraiya can't find the essence of Mt. Miaogi's fairy art at all. It needs to rely on two great immortals to perform the fairy art. In essence, it is only a semi-finished product without much reference value.

  But Mt. Miaomu Headquarters is different, where the most original essence of Mt. Miaoshu's sensu will be presented.

  The stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade, and Baishi thinks that even the toad's fairy art can be used for reference.

  With this in mind, Shiraishi instructed the shadow dancer to carefully move towards the gate of the workshop along the shadow cast by the eaves of the workshop.

  Then penetrated into the workshop from the gap in the gate.

  Maybe because he felt that there was no need to set up a barrier in this kind of place, so Shiraishi sneaked in very smoothly.

  The space inside the workshop is very large, and the overall shape is spherical.

  In the center of the workshop, a large number of transparent stone tablets are erected at the bottom, and a dark green glowing spell is engraved on the stone tablet.

   Surrounded by these steles, suspended in mid-air is a spherical object similar to a 'cocoon'.

  The volume of the sphere is about the size of a mobile standard two-story villa.

  Through the transparent skin of the sphere, you can see that there are countless rays of light inside, moving irregularly like meteors.

   Seeing this huge spherical object, Baishi's heart sank slightly.

  The rays of light that move like meteors inside the sphere are extremely high-concentration celestial chakras.

  In terms of quantity, it is already comparable to a tailed beast.

   Confining such a huge power in a container, Miao Mushan's research on chakra technology is not trivial.

  The steles and spheres exude brilliant and gorgeous light, illuminating the entire inner space of the studio.

   Therefore, Shiraishi also saw the things on the surrounding tables.

  There are a lot of tools Shiraishi has never seen before, and only a small number of utensils know their uses, so that Shiraishi doesn't know what the toads do in this kind of place during the day.

   It wasn't until Baishi saw pieces of talisman paper on the table, like talismans produced by handicrafts, that he suddenly realized the work of the toads.

  Baishi has seen these talisman papers before, and they are called Immortal Talismans.

   It's just an imitation of the Talisman of Immortals, and it is called the Talisman of False Immortals by the toad in Mount Miaomu.

   Even so, this kind of thing has a powerful effect of healing injuries and clearing abnormal states of the body.

  Looking at the large number of fake Immortal Talismans on the table, at least twenty of them, Shiraishi fell into deep thought.

  Although it is not a finished product, it is probably only a few steps away from the finished product.

  A large number of sage chakras gathered here are used to produce this kind of spell for flowing water? Shiraishi's mind became active.

  So, in other words, why does Miaomushan make a large number of fake Immortal Talismans at this time?

  In the end, are these pseudo-immortal talismans consumed internally, or are they traded with external forces?

  If the transaction is with an external force, then who is the force that Mount Miaomu is trading with?

  In fact, these answers can be determined with a little guesswork.

  Because of the inexplicable prophecy, he was inexplicably targeted by Miaomushan, and Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, was charged with causing chaos in the ninja world, and he was identified as a vicious person and the title of "son of destruction".

   Even Zirai is still in other countries, and he keeps advocating his "destruction of the world" speech.

  It is the same as Jiraiya once advertised his disciple Namikaze Minato as the "son of prophecy" who brought peace in other countries.

   It's just that in these rumors, he is the negative villain, while his disciple is the positive savior hero.

   Then Minato Namikaze died.

  He is alive and well.

  Baishi doesn't need to think about it, he also knows that the reason why Miaomushan mass-produced these pseudo-immortal talismans is probably to deal with him.

  Because you are evil?

  Because you are the chief culprit in destroying the ninja world?

   Is this the fact presented in the eyes of the Great Toad Immortal?

  So, is it equivalent to what Jiraiya saw in his eyes?

  Possible crimes in the future will also be defined as iron-clad criminal facts?

  Although it is a bit ridiculous, Shiraishi never thinks that what he does is evil.

  He has a human emotional side, but he is also rational.

  The premise for him to launch a war must be based on a stable world order, as well as uncovering the unreasonable things in human society that cannot benefit the laborers. Therefore, the "justice" in this article must be included.

  Using war to judge right and wrong is a manifestation of immaturity.

  The correctness of war lies in the kind of positive thinking left to future generations that is beneficial to the collective of mankind.

   This is probably the root cause of his inability to communicate with ninjas like Jiraiya.

  Looking at the fake Immortal Talisman on the table, Baishi didn't touch it, but let the shadow dancer control the shadow, and exited the workshop that made the Immortal Talisman the same way.

  The ceremony to succeed the Fifth Hokage was more tiring than Tsunade imagined.

  Under the watchful eyes of countless civilians and ninjas in Konoha, read the declaration of taking office as Hokage, and cooperate with advisors to personally summon envoys from various countries to accept their congratulations.

  Although the envoys from all over the world brought congratulatory gifts, Tsunade, who doesn't pay much attention to material comforts, knows these valuable things, so Shizune just let Shizune accept them.

   Fortunately, there were no accidents during the Hokage succession ceremony this time, and most of the Junin were also satisfied with her succession as Hokage, so it finally passed safely despite the concerns of the two consultants.

  The succession ceremony of Hokage and the reception of envoys from various countries started in the afternoon and ended in the evening.

  At night, Tsunade lay down directly on the desk in the office belonging to Hokage, as if he had lost his soul.

  There are mountains of papers on the desk, all of which are important documents filled with words.

   On the double bed-sized table next to the desk, there are also stacks of papers or sealed portfolios.

   Not only that, but under the command of Shizune, a man named Anbu came in from the outside with thick documents, almost filling the entire Hokage office.

  Seeing this, Tsunade's eyes lost their highlights, revealing a gloomy light that wanted to be disillusioned immediately.

   "How come there are so many pending files?"

   Tsunade couldn't help asking this sentence.

  Her time is limited, and she has more important things to do, so she doesn't want to have to struggle with various documents for the next half month, and it's still a battle with no end in sight.

   "There is no way for this kind of thing. After all, the documents here have been shelved for a long time. With so many things happening in the village recently, there are naturally so many documents hoarded. Master Tsunade, please work a little harder."

   Mute is also helpless.

   "Hey, what are you kidding, this is not a workload that can be solved with a little hard work!"

  Tsuna pointed at a mountain of documents, frowning tightly.

   "That being said, is it really okay for you to complain here just after becoming Hokage, Tsunade-sama?"

  Hearing what Shizune said, Tsunade also knew that it was a bit inappropriate to complain at this time.

  But this workload, if you really deal with it, it will feel exhausting.

   "Let's use the shadow avatar to share the pressure later."

   Tsunade said so.

   "If you want to use that method, you need to pay attention to the time."

  Mute thought for a while, and answered like this.

  Using shadow avatars to share work pressure is indeed a feasible way. But after the shadow clone is eliminated, the pressure accumulated on the shadow clone will also be directly fed back to the main body. Shizune was a little worried about whether Tsunade's body would be able to support it if the accumulated fatigue was too much.

   "Don't worry, I will control the number and time of shadow clone work, so there will be no problem."

  In order to finish the work as soon as possible, this is the only way Tsunade can come up with.

   "In this case, I will be optimistic about you, Tsunade-sama. By the way, here are some letters that need to be read by you personally, Tsunade-sama."

   Shizune thought of something, took out a stack of sealed letters from the clothes in his arms, and respectfully placed them in front of Tsunade.

   Tsunade took these letters, showing doubts: "Strange, is it a letter for me?"

"Yes."

  Under Shizune's affirmation, Tsunade opened the letters and took out the paper inside... After that, Tsunade immediately showed embarrassment.

   These papers are not condolence letters, but IOUs that she signed for borrowing money in the past.

   That is to say, the creditor came to collect the debt.

  Because she has been traveling around the world and wandering around without a fixed place in the past, it is difficult for creditors to track her down.

  It's better now, she returned to Konoha to serve as the Fifth Hokage, and there is no way to make creditors suffer from how to collect debts like in the past. Therefore, after learning the news that Tsunade succeeded the Fifth Hokage, these creditors decided to give her a 'surprise'.

   Seeing the dense numbers on the IOU, Tsunade felt dizzy for a moment.

   "As Hokage, if there is a reputation for defaulting on debts, it may not be very good."

   Shizune coughed and said to Tsunade.

  I hope that the other party will stop fare evasion like in the past, otherwise Konoha will lose face, although sending the IOU to Konoha is shameful enough.

   Therefore, it is the right way to replace the arrears as soon as possible before things get serious.

   "Yeah... These guys obviously said that they need to delay time. Forget it, Jing Yin, you find a time, invite them to the village, and pay them back the debt as soon as possible."

   Tsunade rubbed the space between his brows and said.

   "It would have been nice to have done this earlier, but now there are some more troubles."

   "Whispering! I just want to pay off in one go. It's a waste of time to pay off millions of dollars every time."

   Shizune sighed, and just wrote down the matter silently.

   Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

   "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama."

   After getting permission, Shikajiu walked in from the outside, stopped in front of Tsunade's desk, and saluted Tsunade slightly.

  Different from Tsunade who has just started working, Lu Jiu has very serious dark circles around his eyes.

  The facial muscles are also very loose, and the whole body exudes a decadent and decadent atmosphere.

  Even the gesture of saluting and the tone of speech give people a drowsy feeling.

   "That... Lu Jiu, are you okay?"

   Seeing Shikahisa's state, Tsunade and Shizune were both worried about whether he could stand safely now.

   This state still needs to work, and there will definitely be problems.

   "Ah, sorry, I made you laugh. But it doesn't matter, my body should still be able to support it for a while."

  Lu Jiu scratched his head, forcing a smile from his slack face.

   "It's all right now, you should go back and rest quickly, you don't have to come to work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, your work will be replaced by Mute for the time being."

   Tsunade frowned seeing Lu Jiu's reluctance, and asked him to return home to rest for two days before coming back to work.

   "Thank you very much. However, today's work still needs to be completed, and there are some things that need to be confirmed."

   "Things? Identify?"

   Tsunade was somewhat puzzled by Shikahisa's remarks.

   "Well, it is actually the issue of Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke, as well as the funeral of the three generations of adults. Regarding these matters, those who know about them have been kept silent for the time being, and countries don't seem to know much about it. But this is not the way to go, and these things cannot be hidden forever. Therefore, I think it is better to make it public as soon as possible."

  Because the village lost Hokage's seat, some things were known to the high-level, but the middle and low-level personnel may not know these things.

  The purpose is to prevent the impact of things from expanding and causing unnecessary confusion.

  But now that Tsunade has returned, he has also successfully taken the position of the Fifth Hokage. In this way, even if these things are made public, it will cause a storm, and it is basically not a big problem.

   "Are these things? How did you discuss them before?"

   Tsunade paused for a moment, and asked Lu Jiu.

  Shikajiu said without hesitation: "As for Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke, their actions undoubtedly betrayed the village. Therefore, treating them as rebellious is the best way to deal with them. As for the reason for defecting, you can guide them to Orochimaru, try to avoid the fault of the elder Danzo, transfer the conflicts within the village, and stabilize the resistance of the fighters."

   "It's really a simple and crude method."

   "No way, because of the failure of Elder Danzo, the members of the Fighting faction are a little restless in the village now. If they take an extreme path, things will become more troublesome. Before things turn into that result, they must be appeased."

   Lu Jiu had a serious look on his tired face, obviously not joking.

  The members of the Konoha Fighting Faction at this stage are psychologically sensitive and fragile. If they are stimulated again, they may explode inside the Konoha.

   "Don't worry, although I hate Danzo, I can still handle the issue clearly. Let's do it this way, Hatake Kakashi is designated as an S-rank rebellious ninja, as for Uchiha Sasuke..."

   Tsunade was in a dilemma.

  Compared to Kakashi, she is not particularly familiar with Uchiha Sasuke.

   "Designate him as an rank rebel, what do you think, Naruto-sama?"

   "What's the reason?"

   "He knew the truth about the extermination of the Uchiha clan, but in the end he still chose to leave the village, so he will take revenge on the village sooner or later... Even, I am more inclined to designate him as an S-rank rebel, in terms of potential threats."

   Lu Jiu's eyes showed a sharp light, and the tiredness on his face dissipated a lot.

   "Oh... Sarutobi-sensei, you really left me a mess."

   Tsunade tapped his forehead with his fingers and took a deep breath.

   She also knew a little about the extermination of the Uchiha clan through the information submitted by Lu Jiu before.

  Because of this, for what happened to Uchiha Sasuke, he was both ashamed and full of pity, but there was no hostility or disgust.

   It was Konoha who owed that child too much, not that child owed Konoha.

  If that child really wants to take revenge on Konoha in the future, what position should I take to blame Konoha?

   It's like I despise my own village. Tsunade smiled bitterly.

   "It's not just Naruto-sama who is in trouble, even me, the jonin squad leader, is ashamed... The Uchiha clan shouldn't end in that way. However, since things have happened, Uchiha Sasuke is the enemy. Although it is regrettable, it is our Konoha ninja's responsibility to eliminate him."

   Lu Jiu said in a cruel tone.

   "Of course I know about this kind of thing... But, I think you also know that the village has no spare power to deal with Sasuke Uchiha now. And he and Kakashi, suspected of taking refuge in Orochimaru, and getting involved with that guy is not a good thing."

  The worry on Tsunade's face was undisguised.

   "Regarding this matter, maybe we can use the power of the ghost country to deal with Orochimaru."

   Lu Jiu thought for a moment and answered.

   "Ghost country? You mean..."

   Tsunade suddenly understood.

   "Well, this is the best way at present. It can not only solve Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke, but also divert the attention of Oni Nation... But the operation is very difficult and may not be successful."

   "Let's talk about this matter at a later time. There is no rush for the time being. The most important thing right now is to restore various functions of the village as soon as possible, as well as Teacher Sarutobi's funeral."

   "That's right, then, can the funeral be held two days later?"

   "Okay, let those two consultants make arrangements. Your next task is to rest at home. After Sarutobi-sensei's funeral, you will resume work."

   Tsunade considered that Shikajiu's condition was not good, so he asked him to rest at home for two days and resume work after the teacher's funeral.

   "Yes. Then I have nothing else to do, so I will take my leave first, Hokage-sama."

   "Wait, don't go yet, there is one more question, I want to hear your suggestion."

   Tsunade stopped Shikahisa.

   "Sir Hokage, please speak."

   "Shimura Danzo has fallen, do you have any good recommendations for a vacant elder position in the top management?"

   Tsunade asked, staring into Shikahisa's eyes.

   "Does Naruto-sama have any recommendations?"

  Lu did not answer the question for a long time.

   Tsunade thought for a while, and answered Lu Jiu's question: "I hope Akimichi Tekkaze of the Akimichi clan can take over this position."

  Lu Jiu was not surprised. Not everyone can take such a position as a high-level elder.

  Contemporary with the two advisors, and also a disciple of the second generation of Hokage, Qiudao Tiaofeng has the qualifications to become an elder no matter in terms of identity background, ability and strength.

   "Although I am also inclined to this suggestion, but I have already asked, the other party has no intention of being an elder, and prefers to be an idle old man in the village."

   Lu Jiu shook his head.

   "Is that so? So, is there anyone else in the village who can hold this position?"

   After being disappointed for a while, Tsunade continued to ask.

   "In terms of prestige and ability, I can only choose from the patriarchs of the ninja clan. Among all the patriarchs of the ninja clan in Konoha... I prefer the one from Hinata."

   "Hinata Hinata?"

   Tsunade frowned, tapping his fingers on the table, as if he was seriously considering this proposal.

  Shikajiu bowed silently to Tsunade, then turned and left the office, letting Tsunade consider this issue by himself.

   (PS: It seems that in Chapter 541, through Raikage, it was mentioned that Jiraiya also preached that Minato is the savior. Raikage, who is far away in the country of thunder, also heard about it... I can't remember clearly, but I remember that such remarks were rejected by Raikage.)

  (end of this chapter)

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